1 Ducat - Charles I

Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was a duke whose reign was marked by chronic financial strain and an increasingly autocratic style of government that eventually triggered the Wolfenbüttel Capitulation crisis. The Hanoverian connection — Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel sat uncomfortably close in orbit to the British Crown via the House of Hanover — shaped much of the political calculus behind his treasury decisions throughout the late 1730s.

Ducats of this principality were struck in the fine .986 gold standard consistent with Holy Roman Empire ducat conventions, making them acceptable in trade well beyond Brunswick's borders. Welter 2703 distinguishes this emission from closely related types by die characteristics that casual inspection can easily miss.