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[[Image:Bremen K335-3859.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 335, lot 3859]]
[[Image:K425-1510.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker Auction 425, lot 1510]]

This specimen was lot 3859 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €460 (about US$602 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BREMEN, STADT. 1/2 Groten 1781. Feine Patina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], city of [[German States, Bremen|Bremen]], half groten of 1781. Fine patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This denomination was struck in numerous types (KM 100.1, 100.2, 208, 209, 210, 211, 216, 217) throughout the eighteenth century. Some are noted in copper, others in silver, but this one in low grade billon is typical. One thaler = 72 groten. The second specimen was lot 1510 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$3,115 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · BREMEN, STADT Goldabschlag von den Stempeln des halben Groten 1781. GOLD. RR Feine Goldpatina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], city of Bremen, gold strike using half groten dies. Very rare, fine gold patina, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote>

''Recorded mintage:'' 288,000.

''Specification:'' 0.73 g, 0.166 fine silver, the first specimen 0.67 g; the second specimen gold, 1,14 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 216, Jungk 1103. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, ''Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection.'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
* <sup>[2]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Bremen 1765-RDDB 1/2 grote]]
* [[Bremen 1781-DB schwaren]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1781]]

[[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 335, 336]][[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 423, 424, 425, 426]]