1 Thaler - Ferdinand Albert II Death

Ferdinand Albert II ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel for less than two years before dying in January 1735, having spent most of his adult life as a military commander under Habsburg service. Death thalers — Sterbetaler — were a firmly established tradition in the German states, struck not as mourning pieces but as formal dynastic announcements, distributed among courts and allies as diplomatic currency. This issue marks the transition to his son Carl I, whose reign would eventually draw the duchy into the turbulence of mid-century German politics.

Welter 2675 distinguishes at least one die variant for this type.