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!
41/2 Pfennig - Rudolph August and Anthony Ulrich
| Issuer | Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Principality of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1703 |
| 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 | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | KM#477 |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | 4 1/2 GUTE PFEN. 1703 |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel's fractional silver coinage of this period reflects the chronic small-denomination shortage plaguing German territories in the early eighteenth century, when rulers routinely issued awkward fractions to satisfy local commerce that larger imperial coins couldn't serve. The joint reign of Rudolph August and his younger brother Anthony Ulrich — unusual even by the standards of dynastic co-rule — lasted from 1685 until Rudolph August's death in 1704, making 1703 one of the final issues bearing both names.
Anthony Ulrich would go on to convert to Catholicism the following year, a move with significant dynastic consequences in a staunchly Lutheran territory.