Brunswick-Blankenburg 1717-HCH ducat Fr-675

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Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 30189
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Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1914, with Blankenburg to the south

This specimen was lot 30189 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. Ducat, 1717-HCH. Brunswick Mint. Ludwig Rudolph (as Prince of Blankenburg). PCGS EF-40. The first year in a brief seven-year series, this SCARCE offering displays and charming strike and a mostly pale golden hue with some hints of olive. Merely for completeness, a very subtle bruise is noted in the lower left portion of the reverse. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." Altho the wild man appears on many series of North German thalers, he rarely appears on gold coins. This scarce type is listed for Brunswick-Blankenburg for 1717-26. The duke succeeded to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1731 and merged the two duchies, ending the -Blankenburg series.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-675; KM-12; Welter-2437.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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