Saxony 1851-F 1/2 neu-groschen

Stephen Album sale 32, lot 1220

This specimen was lot 1220 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SAXONY: Frederick Augustus II, 1836-1854, AR 1/12 groschen, 1851, struck in Dresden, mintmaster F, PCGS graded MS64, ex Don Erickson Collection." This half neu-groschen or 5 pfennige was struck 1841-44, 1848-56. It accompanied a 2 neu-groschen.

Recorded mintage: 506,000.

Specification: 1.06 g, .229 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-1158.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Link to:

• 1850-F double thaler
• Saxony 1851-F 2 neu-groschen
• 1851 1/6 thaler
• 1852 mining thaler
• Coins and currency dated 1851
• return to German States, Saxony