Germany 1934-A 2 mark
This specimen was lot 3050 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $510. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY: Third Reich, AR 2 reichsmark, 1934-A, Potsdam Garrison Church, a wonderful reflective proof example! PCGS graded Proof 64 CAM, ex Joe Sedillot Collection. The Garrison Church was a Protestant church in the historic center of Potsdam. Built by order of King Frederich Wilhelm I of Prussia according to plans by Philipp Gerlach from 1730 to 1735, it was considered as a major work of Prussian Baroque architecture." This type was struck 1934 only along with a five mark (KM 82).
Recorded mintage: 2,710,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 8 g, 0.625 fine silver, .160 troy oz ASW, 25 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-81, Y-83, J-355.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
Link to:
- 1933-A 2 mark, Martin Luther
- 1933-E 2 mark, Martin Luther
- 1933-F 2 mark, Martin Luther
- 1934-E 2 mark, Potsdam Garrison Church
- 1934-F 2 mark, Schiller
- 1934-J 2 mark, Potsdam Garrison Church
- 1934-D 5 mark, Potsdam Garrison Church
- 1934-F 5 mark, Potsdam Garrison Church with extra date
- 1934-J 5 mark, Potsdam Garrison Church with extra date
- 1934-F 5 mark, Schiller
- Coins and currency dated 1934
- return to coins of Germany, Third Reich (1933-1945)