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1 Ducat - August William Harz Ausbeute
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1719-1730 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#772, Fr#693, Müseler#10.3/24, Welter#2356 |
| Obverse description | Draped bust of Duke August Wilhelm of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel facing right, with long flowing curled wig in the Baroque style. The effigy is rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail. The circular Latin legend reads AUGUST WILH D G DUX BR ET L, separated by stops, running along the toothed border of the coin. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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August William ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1714 until his death in 1731, and these ducats were struck from silver — more precisely, gold — won directly from the Harz mining operations, a practice reflected in the "Ausbeute" designation. Harz mine-yield coins were a deliberate political statement by the territorial princes, advertising their mineral wealth and fiscal independence at a time when control of Harz silver and gold production was a recurring source of conflict between Brunswick, Prussia, and Hanover.
The Müseler reference places this firmly within the specialized Ausbeute coinage literature, where individual emission years within the 1719–1730 span carry meaningfully different rarity ratings.