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1 Ducat - Augustus William Bicentenary of the Reformation
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1717 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat (3.5) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The 1717 centenary of the Reformation — marking two hundred years since Luther's Ninety-Five Theses — prompted an extraordinary wave of commemorative coinage across the Lutheran German states. Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel under Augustus William was among the most prolific participants, issuing multiple denominations for the occasion. Augustus William had taken the duchy in 1714 and was a committed Lutheran, which lent the commission genuine confessional weight rather than purely dynastic opportunism.
Fr#695 confirms this as a genuine ducat-standard gold striking, not a medal restrike — a distinction that matters for several of the 1717 Reformation issues, some of which were later reproduced in base metal for the devotional market.