Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1722-HCH ducat Fr-694
This specimen was lot 1853 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,227 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBUTTEL, August Wilhelm, 1714-1731. Dukat 1722, Braunschweig. GOLD. RR Fassungsspuren, fast sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, August William, 1714-31, ducat of 1722, Brunswick mint. Rare, rim nicks, about very fine.)"
The SCWC lists this type for six dates between 1714 and 1728, altho we have posted a 1729 on this site. August William was succeeded by his brother Ludwig Rudolf in 1731 and Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Brunswick-Blankenburg were merged once again.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.50 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.43 g.
Catalog reference: KM 740, Fr-694; Welter 2355.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- 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 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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