Brunswick-Blankenburg 1726 ducat Fr-678
This specimen was lot 2390 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,027 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM Ludwig Rudolf, 1731-1735, seit 1714 in Blankenburg. Dukat 1726, Münzstätte vermutlich Braunschweig. 3,46 g GOLD. RR Vorzüglich. (duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Louis Rudolf, 1731-35, duke since 1714 in Blankenburg, ducat of 1726, probably Brunswick mint. Very rare, extremely fine.)"
This scarce type was struck 1726-30 and it is one of several ducats issued by the duke in 1726 (KM 12, 28 (shown here), 29, 30, 31, 32). Ludwig Rudolf succeeded to Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1731 and dropped the Brunswick-Blankenburg title.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, 21-22 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM 28, Fr-678; Welter 2433.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
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