View source for Anhalt 1856-A 2-1/2 groschen

[[Image:SB0123-41402o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41402]]
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This specimen was lot 41402 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $456. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. [[German States, Anhalt-Dessau|Anhalt-Bernburg]]. 2-1/2 Groschen, 1856-A. Berlin Mint. Alexander Karl. PCGS MS 66." This type was minted 1856, 1859-64 in substantial numbers as a joint coinage of Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Bernburg and Anhalt-Cothen and as such does not name any of the rulers thereof. Rendered obsolete by the coinage reform of 1871, it is today common.

''Recorded mintage:'' 120,000.

''Specification:'' 3.24 g, 0.375 fine silver.  

''Catalog reference:'' KM-97.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[Anhalt-Bernburg 1855-A thaler Dav-504|Anhalt-Bernburg 1855 mining thaler]]
* [[Anhalt-Bernburg 1855-A 2 thaler Dav-503|Anhalt-Bernburg 1855 double thaler]]
* [[Prussia 1856-A 2-1/2 groschen|Prussia 1856-A 2½ ''silbergroschen'']]
* [[Anhalt-Dessau 1858-A thaler Dav-509|Anhalt-Dessau 1858 thaler]]
* [[Anhalt-Bernburg 1861-A 1/6 thaler|1861-A 1/6 thaler]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1856]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale]][[Category:Minor coinage of the German states]]