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1/4 Ducat - Hieronymus von Colloredo
| Issuer | Salzburg, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1776-1782 |
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| Value | 1/4 Ducat (0.56) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Archbishop Hieronymus von Colloredo facing right, depicted in ecclesiastical vestments with a decorative clasp at the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in a refined late Baroque style with finely engraved hair and robes. The surrounding Latin legend reads HIER·D·G·A·&·P·S·A·S·L·N·G·PRIM·, abbreviated titles identifying the archbishop by the grace of God. The coin's milled edge frames the entire composition neatly. The field behind the effigy is smooth and unadorned. |
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| Mintage | 1776 - Type 1 Zöttl#3174 - 1777 - Type 1 Zöttl#3175 - 1782 - Type 2 Zöttl#3176 - |
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Hieronymus von Colloredo ruled the Archbishopric of Salzburg from 1772 until Napoleon's forces effectively ended the ecclesiastical state in 1800. An ardent Enlightenment reformer, he was deeply unpopular with his subjects — and with his most famous employee, Mozart, who famously quarreled with him and was dismissed in 1781. These quarter ducats were struck across that precise period of domestic friction and administrative overhaul, when Colloredo was simultaneously modernizing church governance and alienating nearly everyone around him.