Bavaria 1908-D 2 mark

Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70685

This specimen was lot 70685 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $110. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Bavaria. 2 Mark, 1908-D. Munich Mint. Otto. NGC MS-63. Bright and lustrous, this choice uncirculated example displays frosty devices and satiny surfaces with a hint of mottled patina." This is a common date of a common type struck in 1891-1908, 1912-1913. It superseded the gulden from before unification. The kingdom was abolished with the collapse of the Empire in 1918.

Recorded mintage: 632,700.

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

Catalog reference: KM-913; J-45.

Source:

• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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