4 Pfennig - Charles William Frederick

Brandenburg-Ansbach issued small copper pfennig denominations throughout the mid-eighteenth century largely to address chronic shortages of petty coinage in the Franconian markets. Charles William Frederick — known to contemporaries as "the Wild Margrave" for his erratic governance and famously difficult temperament — died in 1757, meaning this 1752 piece falls within his final years of rule. His reign saw persistent fiscal strain, partly driven by his extravagant court spending at Ansbach.

The margraviate was absorbed into Prussia in 1791 after the last margrave ceded it to Frederick William II without an heir.