Germany 1930-F 3 mark KM-69
This specimen was lot 2922 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €600 (about US$826 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WEIMARER REPUBLIK, 3 Reichsmark 1930 F. Vogelweide. Polierte Platte, min. berührt. Aus der Sammlung Jürgen und Erika Schmidt, Bovenden. Exemplar der Auktion Fritz Rudolf Künker 149, Osnabrück 2009, Nr. 1109. (Germany, Weimar Republic, three mark of 1930, von der Vogelweide, proof, minor hairlines.)"
This type honoring poet and troubadour Walter von der Vogelweide was issued in 1930 from six mints. The proofs are rare. Austria issued a similar piece (KM 2845).
Recorded mintage: 30,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 15 g, 0.500 fine silver, .239 troy oz ASW, 30 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 69, J. 344.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
Links:
- 1929-A 3 mark, union of Waldeck and Prussia
- 1929-A 3 mark, 10th Anniversary of the Weimar Constitution
- 1929-E 3 mark, Meissen millennium
- 1929-E 3 mark, Lessing bicentennial
- 1929-J 3 mark, Lessing bicentennial
- 1930-A pfennig
- 1930-F pfennig
- 1930-F 50 pfennig
- Austria 1930 2 schilling
- 1930-A 3 mark, von der Vogelweide
- 1930-A 3 mark, liberation of the Rhineland
- 1930-F 3 mark, liberation of the Rhineland
- 1930-A 5 mark, oak tree
- 1930-G 5 mark, oak tree
- 1930-J 5 mark, oak tree
- 1930-A 5 mark, Zeppelin
- 1931-A 3 mark, von Stein
- 1931-A 3 mark, Magdeburg
- 1931-A 3 mark, value reverse
- 1931-D 3 mark, value reverse
- Coins and currency dated 1930