Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1766 2-1/2 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3704 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €140 (about US$183 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG IN FRANKEN, BRANDENBURG-BAYREUTH, MARKGRAFSCHAFT, Friedrich Christian, 1763-1769. 2 1/2 Kreuzer 1766, Bayreuth. Slg. Grüber (Auktion Künker 267) 4084. Vorzüglich. (Germany, margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Frederick Christian, 1763-69, 2½ kreuzer of 1766, Bayreuth mint. Extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1765-68 and is common. The margraves of Brandenburg-Bayreuth fell extinct in 1769 and the land passed to Brandenburg-Ansbach. The margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, perhaps anticipating the storm of Napoleonic invasion, sold out to Prussia in 1791 and moved to England. Napoleon assigned the territory to Bavaria in 1806, where it now remains.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: billon, this specimen 1.16 g.
Catalog reference: KM 247, Slg. Wilm. 809.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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