1/4 Thaler - Anthony Ulrich Death

Anthony Ulrich ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel for over half a century and died in 1714 — which immediately raises a problem: a death memorial issue dated 1704 is almost certainly a misattribution or a cataloging error, as the duke was very much alive that year. The more plausible reading is that this is a thaler struck in 1714 to mark his passing, with the date misread or transposed somewhere in the cataloging chain. Welter 1851 confirms the memorial context; the discrepancy is worth flagging before acquisition.