Prussia 1797-B 1/2 kreuzer
This specimen was lot 3919 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 Kreuzer 1797, B, Breslau. Prägung für Schlesien. Sehr schön. Erworben am 5.11.1975. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William II, 1786-97, copper half kreuzer of 1797, Breslau mint, struck for Silesia. Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1788-89, 1794-97, and is fairly common. "SCHLES: LAND MUNZE" means "provincial con of Silesia".
Recorded mintage: unknown but somewhat scarce.
Specification: copper, this specimen 3,47 g.
Catalog reference: KM 1053 (listed under Silesia), J. 9; Olding 20 a.
- 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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- 1789-B half kreuzer, struck in silver
- 1796-E half groschen
- 1796-E copper groschen
- 1796 ⅔ thaler
- 1797-B schilling
- 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-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
- 1806-A half kreuzer
- Coins and currency dated 1797