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1/2 Thaler - Rudolph August and Anthony Ulrich
| Issuer | Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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| Year | 1700-1701 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Two ornate pedestals or pillars side by side, each surmounted by a crowned coat of arms flanked by crossed military standards, swords, and banners, symbolising the dual rulership of the principality. The date appears in the exergue as R·1701·B, with the mintmaster's initials R and B flanking the date. The surrounding Latin legend DVOBVS FVLCRIS SECVRIVS, meaning 'more secure on two supports', encircles the design within a milled border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel operated under a peculiar co-rulership arrangement for decades — Rudolph August had governed alone since 1666, but pressure from the ducal family forced him to accept his younger brother Anthony Ulrich as co-regent in 1685. The elder brother's death in January 1704 ended the arrangement, making coins bearing both names a product of a narrow fifteen-year window, with this issue struck in the final years before that partition closed.
Welter 2083 distinguishes this half thaler within a crowded sequence of joint-reign types. The short dating span of 1700–1701 limits surviving examples considerably.