2 Thalers - August William Death

Features

Issuer	Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German States)
Prince	Augustus William (August Wilhelm) (1714-1731)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	1731
Value	2 Thalers
Currency	Thaler (1499-1814)
Composition	Silver
Weight	58.82 g
Shape	Round
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 320530
References	KM# 819 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Welter# 2371 Gerhard Welter. Die Münzen der Welfen seit Heinrich dem Löwen. Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany (3 volumes). , Dav GT II# 2131 John Stewart Davenport. German Talers 1700-1800 (3 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Death of August Wilhelm

Obverse

Bust right

Script: Latin

Lettering: AUGUSTUS WILH . D . G . DUX . BR ET LUN

Reverse

12-line inscription with Roman numeral date

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PRINCEPS .
PIVS . PACIFICVS .
M . DCLXII .
RERVM . POTITVS .
M . DCCXIV .
VIVERE .
ÆTERNVM . VT . VIVAT .
DESIIT .
D . XXIII . MARTIII
M . DCCXXXI .
PLACIDE QVIESCAT
. I . H . T .

Mint

Braunschweig, Germany

Mark

IHT	Johann Heinrich Thiele, Mint Master, Braunschweig (1729-1732)

Comments

For the date on the reverse there are some greek numerals mixed in

CIƆ = Φ = Roman numeral M = 1000

IƆ = ½ Φ = Roman numeral D = 500

On this example the date which the 11th line, someone stamped an I to correct the original to CIƆ IƆ CC XXXI instead of CIƆ Ɔ CC XXXI.

Understand that punched in I is not original to the coin, just someone correcting the mistake. It would not be shown if this were not the only example available from auction listings.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1731	IHT

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Künker Auction 361 Lot 236	21 Mar 2022		USD 15 030.15 (EUR 13 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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