1⁄12 Thaler - Charles I

Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel's fractional thaler coinage of this period reflects the chronic shortage of reliable small silver that plagued most German territories in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Charles I had ruled since 1735 and spent much of his reign navigating the financial wreckage left by the Seven Years' War, during which Brunswick territories were occupied and the ducal treasury severely depleted. The 1764 start date for this type is almost certainly no coincidence — it follows directly from the post-war monetary reforms pushed through the Empire that year.

Welter 2757 distinguishes several die variants across the emission period.