Prussia 1806-A 1/2 kreuzer

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Künker sale 353, part of lot 4025

This specimen was part of lot 4025 in Künker sale 353 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), which sold for €240 (about US$334 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRANDENBURG-PREUSSEN, PREUSSEN, KÖNIGREICH, Friedrich Wilhelm III. 1797-1840. Ku.-1/2 Kreuzer 1806, A (2x). Prägungen für Schlesien. ...2 Stück., Fast sehr schön und sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Möller 8, Kassel 1991, Nr. 1709. Exemplar der Auktion Heidelberger Münzhandlung, Herbert Grün 58, Heidelberg 2011, Nr. 1166. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, Frederick William III, 1797-1840, copper half kreuzer of 1806, struck for Silesia. [One of] two pieces, very fine.)"

This type was struck 1806 only along with a kreuzer and a groschel. Provincial issues for Silesia ceased after 1810.

Recorded mintage: unknown but not rare.

Specification: copper, this specimen 3,65 g.

Catalog reference: KM 1062, AKS 51; J. 9; Olding 141.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [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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