Danzig 1935 5 gulden

Ponterio sale 177, lot 13316

This specimen was lot 13316 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $1,528. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND. Danzig. 5 Gulden, 1935. NGC MS-64." This type is a commemorative five gulden issued for Danzig in 1935 along with a ten gulden. 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: 800,000.

Specification: nickel.

Catalog reference: KM-158; Parchimowicz-55.

Source:

• ^[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.

Link to:

• Danzig 1932 gulden
• Danzig 1932 5 gulden KM-156
• Danzig 1935 10 gulden Dav-69
• Coins and currency dated 1935
• return to coins of Danzig