Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1731-C thaler Dav-2137

Künker sale 293, lot 566

This specimen was lot 566 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, 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.

Source:

• ^[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-IHT thaler, on the death of Augustus William
• 1731-C "leaping stallion" thaler
• 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 ducat
• Coins and currency dated 1731
• return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel