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''Recorded mintage:'' 92,000 (highest mintage date).
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 92,000 (highest mintage date).
  
''Specification:'' 5.55 g, .900 fine gold, .160 troy oz AGW.
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''Specification:'' 5.55 g, 0.900 fine gold, .160 troy oz AGW.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' Fr-2440; KM-493.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' Fr-2440; KM-493.  
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* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954.
 
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954.
 
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
 
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.  
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2012.  
  
 
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* [[Saxony 1857-F 1/2 krone Fr-2903]]
 
* [[Austria 1858-A 1/2 krone Fr-498|Austria 1858-A half krone, Vienna mint]]
 
* [[Austria 1858-V 1/2 krone Fr-1515|Austria 1858-V half krone]]
 
 
* [[Hannover 1858-B krone]]
 
* [[Hannover 1858-B krone]]
 
* [[Prussia 1867-A thaler Dav-782|1867-A thaler]]
 
* [[Prussia 1867-A thaler Dav-782|1867-A thaler]]
* [[Prussia 1868-B groschen|1868-B groschen]]
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* [[Prussia 1867-A 1/2 krone Fr-2440|1867 ½ krone]]
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* [[Austria 1866-A 1/2 krone Fr-499]]
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* [[Prussia 1868-B groschen|1868-B silbergroschen]]
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* [[Prussia 1868-A thaler Dav-782|1868-A thaler]]
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* [[Prussia 1868-A krone Fr-2439|1868-A krone]]
 
* [[Prussia 1872-A 10 mark|1872-A 10 mark]]
 
* [[Prussia 1872-A 10 mark|1872-A 10 mark]]
 
* return to coinage of [[German States, Prussia]]
 
* return to coinage of [[German States, Prussia]]

Latest revision as of 18:48, 22 November 2023

Ponterio sale 168, lot 40128
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40128 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $4,112. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Prussia. 1/2 Krone, 1868-A. NGC MS-62." This type was minted in Berlin 1862-69 in substantial numbers but is now rare. Many may have been melted to strike gold ten and twenty mark after the reform of 1871.

Recorded mintage: 92,000 (highest mintage date).

Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine gold, .160 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-2440; KM-493.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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