Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1731-IHT 3 groschen

Künker sale 293, lot 564

This specimen was lot 564 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €250 (about US$337 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM August Wilhelm, 1714-1731. 3 Groschen 1731, Braunschweig, auf seinen Tod. RR Fast vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Augustus William, 1714-31, three groschen of 1731, Brunswick mint, on the death of the duke. Rare, about extremely fine.)"

This is the only issue of this denomination from this state in the eighteenth century. It is expensive for a small German minor.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: Welter 2404, KM 808.

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.

Link to:

• 1729-IHT ducat
• 1730-IHT thaler, on the bicentennial of the Augsburg Confession
• 1731-IHT thaler, on the death of Augustus William
• 1731-C thaler, wild man reverse
• 1731-C "leaping stallion" thaler
• 1732-S ducat, for the Harz mines
• 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