Prussia 1797-B 1/2 groschen
This specimen was lot 3925 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €40 (about US$56 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm II. 1786-1797. Ku.-1/2 Groschen 1797, B, Breslau. Prägung für Südpreußen. Mit BORUSS. Winz. Schrötlingsfehler, fast vorzüglich. Erworben im März 1972. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1786-97, copper half groschen of 1797, Breslau mint, struck for South Prussia, with "BORUSS". Minor planchet flaws, about extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1796-97 at Konigsberg and Breslau. 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 but somewhat scarce.
Specification: 1.95 g, copper, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 2,09 g.
Catalog reference: KM C362.1, J. 173; Olding 30.
- 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.
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- 1796-E half groschen
- 1796-E copper groschen
- 1796 ⅔ thaler
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- 1797-B groschen
- 1797-B 3 groschen
- 1797-A 4 groschen = 1/6 thaler
- 1797-E 4 groschen = 1/6 thaler
- 1797-E ⅓ thaler
- 1797 ⅔ thaler, palm branches on reverse
- 1797-A thaler, Friedrich Wilhelm II
- 1797-B thaler
- 1797 "Albertus" thaler
- 1797-A friedrichs d'or, Friedrich Wilhelm II
- 1797-B friedrichs d'or, Friedrich Wilhelm II
- 1797-A friedrichs d'or, Friedrich Wilhelm III
- 1798-A pattern thaler
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