Danzig 1932 1/2 gulden

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75376

This specimen was lot 75376 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND. Danzig. 1/2 Gulden, 1932. Berlin Mint. NGC MS-65. Exceptionally sharp and well struck, this entrancing Gem glistens with an abundance of radiant luster." Danzig, long part of Prussia and then Germany, was briefly independent 1919-39. Annexed by the Nazis, it fell to Poland in 1945 and was renamed Gdansk. This is a fairly common one year type.

Recorded mintage: 1,400,000.

Specification: 3 g, nickel, 19.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-153; J-D14.

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, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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