Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1684-RB 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 55487 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brunswick-Luneburg: Brunswick. 1/4 Taler, 1684-RB. Zellerfeld Mint. Rudolph August. PCGS AU-50. Double struck. From the Robert C. Knepper Collection." This type was struck 1673 and 1684 and is a common quarter thaler of Rudolph August. This specimen is a product of the Zellerfeld mint; RB are the initials of mintmaster Rudolf Bornemann. The "wild man" design was popular in Brunswick and Hannover at the time and appeared on many different thalers and minors. Rudolf August was the older brother and inherited the title on the death of August II in 1666. Interested in art and hunting, he delegated affairs of state to his brother Anton Ulrich, a situation he formalized in 1685 by making him co-ruler.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-515; Welter-1849.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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