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1 Ducat - Louis Rudolph Mule
| Issuer | Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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| Year | 1733 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1499-1814) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a large stylized rose or rosette rendered as a cluster of rounded cloud-like petals surrounding a radiant starburst center, set against a plain field. A rocky or hilly ground line appears at the base beneath the device, with the date 1733 inscribed in the exergue. The legend DANT ADVERSA DECVS arcs around the upper periphery, with a beaded border encircling the entire design. |
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Louis Rudolph ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel only from 1731 until his death in March 1735, a short reign that left limited time for an extensive coinage. This piece is a mule — a coin struck from dies not originally intended to be paired — which in the context of small German princely mints often reflected pragmatic die management rather than any deliberate commemorative intent. When a working die remained usable and a matched partner was unavailable or damaged, the minting staff paired what they had.
Fr#677 is among the scarcer ducats of the Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel series precisely because mule combinations were never planned in quantity.