Bavaria 1900-D 20 mark

Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73448

This specimen was lot 73448 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $552. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Bavaria. 20 Mark, 1900-D. Munich Mint. Otto. NGC MS-62. A middle date in the series, this nearly-Choice example presents a high degree of glistening brilliance upon each side." This type was struck 1895, 1900, 1905 and 1913. Except for the rare 1913, the type is common.

Recorded mintage: 502,222.

Specification: 7.96 g, 0.900 fine gold, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: Fr-3768; KM-920; J-200.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1895-D 20 mark
• 1900-E 10 pfennig
• 1900-G 10 pfennig
• 1900-J 50 pfennig
• 1900 10 mark
• Prussia 1900-A 20 mark
• Saxe-Meiningen 1900-D 20 mark
• 1905-D 20 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1900