Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1704-HCH thaler Dav-2113
This specimen was lot 5507 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €2,100 (about US$2,923 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, FÜRSTENTUM, Rudolf August und Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704. Reichstaler 1704, Braunschweig, auf den Tod von Rudolf August am 26. Januar. Selten, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Patina, winz. Kratzer, vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Slg. Dr. Werner Koch, Teil 1, Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 273, Frankfurt/Main 1970, Nr. 235. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Rudolf August and Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704, thaler of 1704, Brunswick mint, on the death of Rudolf August on January 26. Scarce in this quality, very attractive example with handsome patina, minor scratches, extremely fine.)"
On the death of the duke in 1704, an extensive series of commemoratives was struck, ranging from a two pfennig to a ducat.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 29,15 g.
Catalog reference: KM 667, Dav-2113; Welter 1841 (this example).
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [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:
- 1702 thaler, on the breaking of fraternal unity
- 1703-RB thaler, wild man reverse
- 1704 2 pfennig, death of the duke
- 1704 groschen
- 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-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, death of the duke's wife
- 1705-RB thaler, wild man, "LABORE ET CONSTANTIA"
- 1705-RB thaler, wild man reverse
- 1705 1½ thaler, on the visit of the duke to the mint
- Coins and currency dated 1704