Prussia 1796-E 1/2 groschen
This specimen was lot 3928 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €260 (about US$362 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. Ku.-1/2 Groschen 1796, E, Königsberg. Prägung für Südpreußen. Sehr schön +. Exemplar der Spezialsammlung Brandenburg-Preußen, Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 33, Osnabrück 1996, Nr. 1526. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1786-97, copper half groschen of 1796, Königsberg mint, struck for South Prussia. Very fine or better.)"
This rare type was struck 1796-97 at Breslau and Königsberg. South Prussia was the regime's name for the part of Poland seized in the second partition. Most of it was expropriated by Napoleon to form the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1807.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.95 g, copper, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 1,79 g.
Catalog reference: KM C362.2, J. 173; Olding 34.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 353: Die Sammlung Axel Tesmer, Teil 2: Prägungen der Könige von Preussen von der Kroning 1701 bis zum Ende der Monarchie. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
Link to:
- 1795-A thaler
- 1795 convention thaler
- 1796-E copper groschen
- 1796 ⅔ thaler
- 1796-A thaler
- 1796-B thaler
- 1796-A friedrichs d'or, Berlin mint
- 1797-B schilling
- 1797-B half kreuzer
- 1797-B half groschen
- 1797-B groschel
- 1797-B groschen
- 1797-B 3 groschen
- 1797-A 4 groschen = 1/6 thaler
- 1797-E 4 groschen = 1/6 thaler
- 1797 ⅔ thaler, palm branches on reverse
- 1797-A thaler, Friedrich Wilhelm II
- 1797-B thaler
- Coins and currency dated 1796