Anhalt 1856-A 2-1/2 groschen

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41402

This specimen was lot 41402 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Anhalt-Bernburg. 2-1/2 Groschen, 1856-A. Berlin Mint. Alexander Karl. PCGS MS 66." This type was minted 1856, 1859-64 in substantial numbers as a joint coinage of Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg and Anhalt-Cothen and as such does not name any of the rulers thereof. Rendered obsolete by the coinage reform of 1871, it is today common.

Recorded mintage: 120,000.

Specification: 3.24 g, 0.375 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-97.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

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• Anhalt-Bernburg 1855 double thaler
• Prussia 1856-A 2½ silbergroschen
• Anhalt-Dessau 1858 thaler
• 1861-A 1/6 thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1856