2 1/2 Kreuzer - Frederick Christian

Frederick Christian ruled Brandenburg-Bayreuth for less than three years — from 1763 until his death in 1769 — a reign so brief that his coinage output was extremely limited. This small billon piece was struck during the margraviate's final decades of independence; in 1791, the territory passed to Prussia by inheritance, ending over two centuries of Hohenzollern-Bayreuth rule as a distinct issuing authority.