Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1691-RB 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 5492 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €180 (about US$251 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Rudolf August und Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704. 1/4 Reichstaler 1691, Zellerfeld. Sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Erworben 1967 von Richard Gaettens. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Rudolf August and Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704, quarter thaler of 1691, Zellerfeld mint. Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1691 only. The Brunswick coinages are among the most complicated series of German states issues outside of Saxony. The SCWC lists coins for Brunswick-Blankenburg, Brunswick-Lüneberg-Calenberg-Hannover, Brunswick-Lüneberg-Celle and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Hannover was the most important and eventually absorbed the others (except Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel) before itself being annexed by Prussia in 1866.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7.25 g.
Catalog reference: KM 592, Welter 2088.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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