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1 Ducat - Louis Rudolph
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1733 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length figure of the Wild Man (Wilder Mann), the heraldic supporter and emblem of the House of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, standing facing, holding an uprooted tree or branch in his left hand and resting his right hand on the ornate crowned cartouche bearing the ducal arms. The date 1733 is integrated into the legend around the figure, with the mintmaster's initials BID in the exergue below. |
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Louis Rudolph ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel for just four years, from 1731 until his death in 1735, having spent most of his adult life as Duke of Blankenburg — a secondary title he held for decades before finally inheriting the principal seat. His brief tenure left a thin numismatic record, and ducats struck in his name are correspondingly scarce. The Zellerfeld mint, which produced the bulk of Brunswick gold coinage in this period, worked under chronic pressure to supply the duchy's ceremonial and diplomatic gifting obligations rather than general circulation.