1/2 Groten

Bremen's fractional billon coinage of the late eighteenth century was produced to address chronic shortages of small change in the city-state's daily market economy — a problem that plagued virtually every minor German issuing authority through this period. The 1/2 Groten sat at the lowest practical tier of Bremen's monetary system, handled by the people most likely to wear it flat.

KM#216 is not a scarce type, but survivors in collectible condition are harder to locate than mintage logic would suggest — low-denomination billon coins were spent until they dissolved.