Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1785-EB 2-1/2 kreuzer

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Kunker sale 293, lot 297

This specimen was lot 297 in Künker sale 293 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €48 (about US$65 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG IN FRANKEN. Christian Friedrich Karl Alexander, 1757-1791. 2 1/2 Kreuzer 1785, Bayreuth. Münzmeister Johann Christian Eberhardt. Münzwardein Johann Sixt David Brecht. Slg. Grüber (Auktion Künker 267) 4816. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, 1757-91, 2½ kreuzer of 1785, Bayreuth mint. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

Christian Friedrich Carl Alexander, the last margrave, sold his province to his cousin, the king of Prussia, in 1791. The margrave then retired to a peaceful manor in Britain while Wilhelm attempted to cope with French invasion and occupation. Ansbach and Bayreuth were turned over to Bavaria in 1806 as part of Napoleon's reorganization of Germany. This denomination was issued starting in 1765 in considerable numbers. This type of 1779-86 is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: Slg. Wilm. -, KM 267.

Source:

  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 293: Münzen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. die westfälischen Privatsammlungen Werner Bröker und Bernd Terletzki, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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