Germany 1925-A 2 mark
This specimen was lot 71258 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Weimar Republic. 2 Mark, 1925-A. Berlin Mint. NGC PROOF-64 Cameo. A flashy and attractive near-Gem offering, featuring a very light golden tone at the peripheries." This type, issued 1925-27 and 1931, was struck at six mints along with a similar one mark (KM 44). Wilhelmine two mark were 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver; the succeeding two mark struck by the Nazis was 8 g, 0.625 fine silver. It is somewhat expensive; perhaps they were melted during World War Two.
Recorded mintage: 16,145,000, second highest mintage date, plus 600 proofs.
Specification: 10 g, 0.500 fine silver, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-45; J-320.
- 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, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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