Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1731-C thaler Dav-2137
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This specimen was lot 566 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €300 (about US$404 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Ludwig Rudolf, 1731-1735, seit 1714 in Blankenburg. Reichstaler 1731, Zellerfeld. Sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Louis Rudolf, 1731-35, thaler of 1731, Zellerfeld mint. Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1731-34 during the short reign of duke Ludwig Rudolf. It is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-2137; KM-817, Welter 2462.
- [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.
- Davenport, John S., German Talers, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1965.
Link to:
- 1729-IHT ducat
- 1730-IHT thaler, on the bicentennial of the Augsburg Confession
- 1731 3 groschen, death of the duke
- 1731-EPH 12 mariengroschen, wild man reverse, August Wilhelm
- 1731-IHT thaler, on the death of Augustus William
- 1731-C "leaping stallion" thaler
- 1732-IAB 24 mariengroschen, wild man
- 1732-IAB thaler, wild man
- 1732-S ducat, for the Harz mines
- 1732 "wild man" double ducat
- 1733 half thaler, on the wedding of his daughter Elizabeth Christine with Frederick of Prussia
- 1733-D BID ducat, wild man reverse
- 1733 ducat
- 1734-IAB thaler, wild man reverse
- Coins and currency dated 1731
- return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel