2 1/2 Kreuzer - Frederick Christian

Frederick Christian ruled Brandenburg-Bayreuth for less than three years, from 1763 until his death in 1769, and his coinage output was correspondingly thin. The margraviate itself was already in financial decline by this point — the extravagances of his predecessor, Frederick, had hollowed out the treasury, and billon issues like this one reflect a fiscal reality that silver coinage could not accommodate. Brandenburg-Bayreuth would pass to Prussian control just over a decade later, in 1791, effectively ending it as an independent issuing authority.