Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1695-ICB 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 5496 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,366 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 1695, Wolfenbüttel, auf den Tod von Christine Sophie, Tochter von Rudolf August, am 26. Januar. Von großer Seltenheit. Feine Patina, fast vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Rudolf August and Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704, quarter thaler of 1695, Wolfenbüttel mint, on the death of Christine Sophie, daughter of Rudolf August, in January 1695. Extremely rare, fine patina, about extremely fine.)
Christine Sophie, *03.04.1654, †26.01.1695, als Tochter von Rudolf August und dessen Gemahlin Christine Elisabeth von Barby und Mühlhausen. Vermählt 1681 mit ihrem Vetter August Wilhelm von Braunschweig als seine 1. Gemahlin. (Christine Sophie, b. 03.04.1654, d. 26.01.1695, was the daughter of Rudolf August and his wife Christine Elisabeth von Barby and Mühlhausen. She was married in 1681 to her cousin August Wilhelm von Braunschweig as his first wife.)"
This sad event was commemorated on an eighth thaler (KM 618), quarter thaler (shown here), half thaler (KM A620) and thaler (Dav-6400).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7,31 g.
Catalog reference: KM 619, Welter 2423.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1692-HCH 24 mariengroschen
- 1695-ICB ⅛ thaler, on the death of the duke's daughter
- 1695 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1695-ICB half thaler, on the death of the duke's daughter
- 1695 24 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1695-ICB thaler, on the death of the duke's daughter
- 1695-RB thaler, wild man reverse
- 1696-HCH 24 mariengroschen, leaping stallion
- 1697-DF 6 mariengroschen, leaping stallion
- Coins and currency dated 1695