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⅔ Thaler - Anthony Ulrich
| Issuer | Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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| Year | 1700-1711 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | CONSTANTER 2/3 HC HY |
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| Mintage | 1700 - - 1704 - - 1705 - - 1706 - - 1707 - - 1708 - - 1709 - - 1710 - - 1711 - - |
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Anthony Ulrich ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel for over half a century, but his later years were consumed by a single political obsession: securing the elevation of his house to electoral dignity. The ⅔ Thaler denomination — a specifically North German commercial convention tied to the Leipzig and Hamburg trade fairs — was the workhorse of regional exchange during precisely this period, struck in quantity to facilitate the prince's considerable diplomatic expenditures.
In 1710, at age 76, Anthony Ulrich converted to Catholicism, a move that scandalized Protestant Germany and was almost certainly calculated to align Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel more closely with Habsburg interests.