1/2 Frederick d'Or - Frederick II

Frederick II began striking these half-Friedrich d'or pieces as part of a broader monetary reorganization tied directly to the financial demands of the looming Seven Years' War. The Prussian treasury needed hard currency in smaller denominations that could move quickly through military pay channels without the friction of fractional change.

The Olding and Kluge references both place this type within a short production window — the timing is not coincidental. War broke out in 1756, and coinage priorities shifted dramatically once Saxony was invaded that autumn.