Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1704-HCH 1/8 thaler

Künker sale 293, lot 550

This specimen was lot 550 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €110 (about US$148 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BRAUNSCHWEIG-WOLFENBÜTTEL, HERZOGTUM Rudolf August und Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704. 1/8 Reichstaler 1704, Braunschweig, auf den Tod von Rudolf August. Vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, Rudolf Augustus and Anton Ulrich, 1685-1704, eighth thaler of 1704, Brunswick mint, on the death of Rudolf Augustus. Extremely fine.)"

This commemorative of the death of the duke is fairly scarce.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, likely billon.

Catalog reference: Welter 1855, KM 662.

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:

• 1704 2 pfennig, death of the duke
• 1704 groschen
• 1704-HCH 2 mariengroschen, on the death of Rudolf August
• 1704-HCH 2 gute groschen, on the death of Rudolf August
• 1704 1/24 thaler, death of the duke's wife
• 1704 quarter thaler, on the death of Rudolf August
• 1704 half thaler, on the death of Rudolf August
• 1704 24 mariengroschen, Rudolf August and Anton Ulrich
• 1704 24 mariengroschen, Anton Ulrich alone
• 1704 thaler, wild man reverse
• 1704-RB thaler, wild man reverse, "LABORE ET CONSTANTIA", Anton Ulrich
• 1704 thaler, death of the duke's wife
• 1704 ducat, death of the duke's wife
• 1704-HCH thaler, on the death of Rudolf August, Brunswick mint
• 1704-RB thaler, on the death of Rudolf August, Zellerfeld mint
• 1705 1½ thaler, on the visit of the duke to the mint
• Coins and currency dated 1704
• return to coins of German States, Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel