Brunswick-Blankenburg 1721-HCH 1/2 ducat Fr-685

Stack's Bowers 2022 ANA sale, lot 30190

Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1914, with Blankenburg to the south

This specimen was lot 30190 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 1/2 Ducat, 1721-HCH. Brunswick Mint. Ludwig Rudolph (as Prince of Blankenburg). PCGS MS-61. A fairly RARE fraction issue in gold, this charming Mint State specimen yields a golden-orange hue with great brilliance remaining and a rather elegant strike. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection. Includes ticket from Schweizerischer Bankverein." 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 1718-25 and 1728. The duke succeeded to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1731 and merged the two duchies, ending the -Blankenburg series.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.75 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 1.73 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-685; KM-13; Welter-2444.

Source:

Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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.
^[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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