Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1733-D BID ducat Fr-683

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Künker sale 406, lot 3982

This specimen was lot 3982 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,887 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG UND LÜNEBURG, BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, Ludwig Rudolf, 1731-1735, seit 1714 in Blankenburg. Dukat 1733, Braunschweig. In US-Plastikholder der PCGS mit der Bewertung AU 55 (45510197). GOLD. R Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Louis Rudolf, 1733-35 (since 1714 in Blankenburg), ducat of 1733, Brunswick mint. Graded PCGS AU-55, rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The duke issued nine different ducats in 1733, all scarce: KM 823, KM 828, KM 839, KM 840, KM 841, KM 842, KM 843, KM 844 (shown here) and KM 845. The "Wild man", popular on North German thalers, did not often appear on ducats.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 844, Fr-683; Welter 2428.

Source:

  • 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, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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