Brandenburg-Ansbach 1748 6 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 75015 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Brandenburg-Ansbach. 6 Kreuzer, 1748. Karl Wilhelm Friedrich. NGC AU-58. A pleasing example of this minor type bearing a curvature from the roller press striking process, with only mild wear present on the high points of the portrait." This type was struck 1745-53. If it was struck to the convention standard, six kreuzer = 1/20 convention thaler. The margrave sold his realm to Prussia in 1791, who in turn yielded them (Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth) to Bavaria in 1806 as part of Napoleon's mediatization.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.2 g, silver, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-202.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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