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1⁄12 Thaler - Rudolph August and Anthony Ulrich
| Issuer | Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German States) |
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| Year | 1697-1704 |
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| Reference(s) | Welter#2104, KM#616, Schön DM#7 |
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| Obverse lettering | D.G.RUD.AUG.&ANT.ULR.DDB&L 1704 |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a five-line central inscription within a beaded inner circle, stating the denomination as 1/12 of a Thaler struck to the Leipzig standard. The numeral 12 appears at the top of the inscription panel, followed by EINEN THALER on two lines, with the mint-master's initials H.C.H. below and the standard reference NACH DEN LEIPZIGER FUS. completing the legend. The outer margin carries a circular legend reading NACH DEM LEIPZIGER FUSS, reinforcing the weight standard. Small decorative rosette stops separate the elements of the marginal legend. |
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Rudolph August and Anthony Ulrich co-ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in an arrangement that was, by most contemporary accounts, deeply uncomfortable. Rudolph August, the elder brother, had governed alone since 1666 but faced mounting pressure — partly from the Emperor, partly from within the family — to bring Anthony Ulrich into formal co-regency, which he reluctantly accepted in 1685. Anthony Ulrich was the more ambitious and culturally forceful of the two, a novelist and court architect in his own right, while Rudolph August largely withdrew from active governance in his final years before his death in 1704 ended the joint reign.