Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1704 1/4 thaler
This specimen was lot 5510 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,322 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 1704, Zellerfeld, auf den Tod von Rudolf August am 26. Januar. R Attraktives Exemplar mit feiner Patina, fast vorzüglich. Aus der Sammlung eines Ingenieurs. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 46, Osnabrück 1999, Nr. 1945. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Rudolf August and Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704, quarter thaler of 1704, Zellerfeld mint, on the death of Rudolf August on January 26. Rare, fine patina, about 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. Another quarter thaler exists (KM 663) showing the duke's bust.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, this specimen 7,28 g.
Catalog reference: KM 664, Welter 1851.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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 12 mariengroschen, 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 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, death of the duke's wife
- 1705 1½ thaler, on the visit of the duke to the mint
- Coins and currency dated 1704