1 Thaler - Anthony Ulrich Death

Anthony Ulrich ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel for nearly six decades and spent much of his reign in a prolonged struggle with his nephew over succession rights — a dispute that dragged in the Emperor and reshaped the territorial politics of Lower Saxony. This thaler was struck in 1704 not to mark his death but to commemorate a specific dynastic event during his lifetime; "Death" thalers of this type were common currency in German memorial culture, issued to mark the passing of a close family member rather than the ruler himself.

The Welter reference places this firmly in the Brunswick commemorative series, where die quality and silver fineness were kept deliberately high to satisfy the prestige demands of court presentation pieces.