Danzig 1932 5 gulden KM-157
This specimen was lot 74432 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "POLAND. Danzig. 5 Gulden, 1932. Berlin Mint. NGC AU-55. Featuring a grain elevator and a harbor scene, this near-Mint example exudes pleasing even gray surfaces and stands as an ever-popular and fairly SCARCE type." This is one of two five gulden issued in 1932, the other (KM 156) depicting a famous church. Both are rather expensive considering the mintage, suggesting that they were not released in any quantity. 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.
Recorded mintage: 430,000 plus 430,000 of KM 156.
Specification: 14.82 g, 0.500 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-157; J-D18.
- 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, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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