Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1704-HCH 1/8 thaler
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This specimen was lot 550 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €110 (about US$148 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Rudolf August und Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704. 1/8 Reichstaler 1704, Braunschweig, auf den Tod von Rudolf August. Vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Rudolf Augustus and Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704, eighth thaler of 1704, Brunswick mint, on the death of Rudolf Augustus. Extremely fine.)"
This commemorative of the death of the duke is fairly scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, likely billon.
Catalog reference: Welter 1855, KM 662.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
Link to:
- 1704 2 pfennig, death of the duke
- 1704 groschen
- 1704-HCH 2 mariengroschen, on the death of Rudolf August
- 1704-HCH 2 gute groschen, on the death of Rudolf August
- 1704 1/24 thaler, death of the duke's wife
- 1704 quarter thaler, on the death of Rudolf August
- 1704 half thaler, on the death of Rudolf August
- 1704 24 mariengroschen, Rudolf August and Anton Ulrich
- 1704 24 mariengroschen, Anton Ulrich alone
- 1704 thaler, wild man reverse
- 1704-RB thaler, wild man reverse, "LABORE ET CONSTANTIA", Anton Ulrich
- 1704 thaler, death of the duke's wife
- 1704 ducat, death of the duke's wife
- 1704-HCH thaler, on the death of Rudolf August, Brunswick mint
- 1704-RB thaler, on the death of Rudolf August, Zellerfeld mint
- 1705 1½ thaler, on the visit of the duke to the mint
- Coins and currency dated 1704
- return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel