German East Africa 1894 2 rupien
This specimen was lot 1126 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $4,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMAN EAST AFRICA. 2 Rupien, 1894. Berlin Mint. Wilhelm II. NGC MS-62. This SCARCE and popular type offers attractive white surfaces and good luster, and presents an overall level of quality that is hardly ever encountered for the issue." This type was struck 1893-94 for German East Africa to the standard of two Indian rupees. After a prolonged struggle, the British managed to conquer the region during World War One and it was partitioned between them and the Belgians by the Treaty of Versailles. The Belgian portion is now Burundi and Rwanda and the British part merged with Zanzibar to form Tanzania.
Recorded mintage: 18,000.
Specification: 23.32 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-5; J-714.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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