¼ Thaler - Sigismund von Schrattenbach (type 1)

Salzburg, Archbishopric of • 1766

Denomination: ¼ Thaler - ¼ Guldiner
Issuer: Salzburg, Archbishopric of
Year struck: 1766
Composition: Silver
Weight: 6.9 g
Diameter: 30 mm
Catalog refs: KM 414 · Zöttl 3028

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The 1766 quarter thaler was minted during the reign of Sigismund von Schrattenbach, the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1753 until 1771. This period was marked by the Archbishop’s significant patronage of the arts, most notably his support for the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. These coins served as the standard currency for the Archbishopric, facilitating trade within the sovereign ecclesiastical state while projecting the authority of the prince-bishop through traditional heraldic iconography.

The design of this issue features the classic Salzburg ecclesiastical coat of arms on the obverse and an image of Saint Rupert, the patron saint of the city, on the reverse. Master engravers of the era favored this iconography to emphasize the spiritual and temporal power held by the Archbishop. While the coins were functional tools of commerce in the Alpine region, they remain highly regarded by numismatists today for their connection to the final decades of Salzburg's independence as a sovereign clerical state before its eventual secularization.

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