Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
60 Kreuzers - Max Gandolf von Kuenburg Erbach, Countermarked
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
|---|---|
| Year | 1681 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | GEORG LVD COM IN ERBACH ET DN IN B (60) 16S81 |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Max Gandolf von Kuenburg, Archbishop of Salzburg from 1668 to 1687, ruled during a period of aggressive monetary reform across the Holy Roman Empire. The countermark on this 60 Kreuzer piece reflects the widespread practice of revaluing or authenticating foreign and debased silver coinage rather than melting and restrikiing it — a practical concession to chronic specie shortages in the Alpine territories. Salzburg's ecclesiastical mint had considerable autonomy, and countermarking allowed the archbishopric to assert monetary authority over already-circulating coin without the expense of full reminting.
Zöttl 2088.220 places this among a documented series of countermarked issues specific to Kuenburg's administration.