1/2 Krone - William I

Prussia struck this denomination in gold only briefly, as the half krone occupied an awkward position in the emerging German monetary framework. The parallel push toward a unified North German coinage system — which would culminate in the North German Confederation's monetary agreement of 1868 — rendered small gold fractions like this increasingly redundant. Production was abandoned before unification made the question moot entirely.

KM#493 encompasses several year-dependent die variations across the Berlin mint's output for this type.