Danzig 1935 10 gulden Dav-69

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Ponterio sale 177, lot 13318
Danzig 1935 10 gulden rev P177-13318.jpg

This specimen was lot 13318 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $4,700. The catalog description[1] noted, "POLAND. Danzig. 10 Gulden, 1935. NGC MS-64." This type is a commemorative ten gulden issued for Danzig in 1935 along with a five gulden. Davenport assigned it a number even tho it is not crown nor even silver. 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: 380,000.

Specification: nickel.

Catalog reference: KM-159; Parchimowicz-56, Dav-69.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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