Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Thaler - Charles I Cronenburg - Ausbeute
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1750-1752 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central field displays the elaborate quartered coat of arms of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, surmounted by a princely crown and supported on either side by two wild men (woodwoses) standing in full figure, each holding a leafy branch. The shield bears multiple heraldic quarterings including lions, a horse, and other dynastic charges. The circular legend reads D • G • CAROLVS DVX BRVNSVIC LVNEB with the date 1750, arranged around the periphery. The design is executed in a refined baroque engraving style with fine detail throughout the field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | D • G • CAROLVS - DVX • BRVNSVIC • - LVNEB • 1750 |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel's Ausbeute thalers were struck directly from silver ore yields at the duchy's Harz Mountain mines — "Ausbeute" denoting precisely that: mine-output coinage, produced as a formal accounting of extraction rather than routine monetary issue. Charles I, who ruled from 1735 to 1780, was an enthusiastic promoter of the Harz mining operations, and these presentation-grade pieces documented productive years at specific shafts. The Cronenburg designation identifies the particular mine whose yield funded this striking.
Production across only 1750–1752 suggests a short-lived run of profitability at that seam.