Salzburg 1672 1/4 ducat
This gold quarter ducat was minted in Salzburg in 1672. The specimen was lot 20244 in Heritage sale 3009 (Chicago, April 2010), where it sold for $474.95. The catalog description[1] noted, "Salzburg. Maximilian Gandolph gold 1/4 Ducat 1672, MS63 NGC, a choice little coin with well-struck features and full mint luster." This type is noted for 1668-1686 and does not have a high catalog value. The Archbishopric of Salzburg was an ecclesiastical state between Bavaria and Austria and usually ruled by a Hapsburg client. In the seventeenth century it was blessed with a number of productive silver mines and the prince-archbishop was a prolific issuer of coins, particularly thalers.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.87 g, 0.986 fine gold, .027 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 191, Fr-817.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Helmut Zöttl, Salzburg Münzen und Medaillen, 1500-1810, 2 vols. Salzburg: Verlag Fruhwald, 2008.
- [1]Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3009: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.
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