Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1704-HCH groschen
This specimen was lot 33845 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "German States: Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Anton Ulrich Groschen 1704-HCH MS66 PCGS, Brunswick mint. A radiant gem silver minor expressing an incredible brightness, not a stray mark on the surfaces and just the lightest stippling of die rust." The year 1704 saw the issue of an extensive series of minors, including KM 642 (pfennig), KM 643 (pfennig), KM 644 (2 pfennig), KM 645 (4 pfennig), KM 646 (4 pfennig), KM 647 (1/24 thaler, one year type), KM 648 (2 mariengroschen), KM 649 (2 mariengroschen), KM 651 (4 mariengroschen), KM 652 (4 mariengroschen), KM 653 (6 mariengroschen), KM 654 (12 mariengroschen), KM 655 (24 mariengroschen), KM 656 (24 mariengroschen), KM 659 (1/12 thaler) and KM 660 (1/12 thaler).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM 647, Welter-1865.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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- 1702 thaler, on the breaking of fraternal unity
- 1703 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse
- 1704 2 pfennig, death of the duke
- 1704 1/24 thaler, death of the duke's wife
- 1704-HCH 2 mariengroschen, on the death of Rudolf August
- 1704-HCH 2 gute groschen, on the death of Rudolf August
- 1704 ⅛ thaler, death of the duke
- 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-RB thaler, wild man reverse
- 1704-HCH thaler, on the death of Rudolf August, Brunswick mint
- 1704-RB thaler, on the death of Rudolf August, Zellerfeld mint
- 1704-RB thaler, wild man reverse, "LABORE ET CONSTANTIA", Anton Ulrich
- 1704 thaler, death of the duke's wife
- 1704 ducat
- 1705 1½ thaler, on the visit of the duke to the mint
- Coins and currency dated 1704