Bavaria 1907-D 2 mark

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3365

This specimen was lot 3365 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $89.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BAVARIA: Otto, 1886-1913, AR 2 mark, 1907-D, a lovely example for the date! NGC graded MS63." This is a common date of a common type first struck in 1891. It superseded the gulden from before unification. This example realized one-third of the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: 2,106,712.

Specification: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, .321 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-913.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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