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1 Thaler - Rudolph August and Anthony Ulrich
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
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| Year | 1701-1704 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Elaborately mantled eleven-fold achievement of arms surmounted by five ornate crowned helmets with crest devices, the shield quartered with the arms of Brunswick, Lüneburg, Everstein, Homburg, and associated territories. Flanking supporters rendered in high relief adorn the sides of the shield. The circumscribed Latin legend names the co-ruling dukes and incorporates the date, reading RUD·AUG·&·ANTH·ULR·D·D·BR·&·LUN· followed by the regnal year. |
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| Obverse lettering | RUD·AUG·&·ANTH·ULR·D·D·BR·&·LUN· |
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Rudolph August and Anthony Ulrich ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel jointly from 1685, an arrangement that produced one of the more unusual co-regency coinages in the German states — both names appearing on the same issue despite the brothers holding markedly different political temperaments. Rudolph August, the elder, was by the early 1700s largely withdrawn from active governance, leaving Anthony Ulrich the dominant force. He would go on to convert to Catholicism in 1710, a decision that scandalized Protestant Brunswick but secured dynastic alliances he had pursued for decades.
The joint coinage effectively ended with Rudolph August's death in January 1704, making the date range on this type a hard boundary.