Germany 1931-A 3 mark KM 72

Heritage sale 3015, lot 24820

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 24820 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $517.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Weimar Republic 3 Mark Magdeburg 1931-A, MS66 NGC, a gem with really beautiful original silvery white luster, a great modern City View issue!" This one year type, marking the tricentennial of the reconstruction of the town of Magdeburg after its destruction in the Thirty Years War, was struck in small numbers in Berlin ("A", shown here) only. It is too small to be included in our class of thalers.

Recorded mintage: 100,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 15 g, 0.500 fine silver, .241 troy oz ASW, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 72.

Source:

• 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3015, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.

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