Germany 1938-B 2 mark
This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1936-39 during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany. It honored Paul Hindenburg, president of Germany when the Nazis came to power in 1933. The "B" mintmark is for the Vienna mint, which was operated as a German branch mint 1938-44. For a race of Aryan supermen, the Nazis were remarkably unimaginative coin designers and this type is a blatant rip-off of the Polish ten zlotych of 1934-39. The second specimen was lot 181 in Schulman auction 389 (Amsterdam, December 2025), where it sold for €80 (about US$113 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Germany, Third Reich - 2 Reichsmark 1938, Silver Berlin mint. Bust of Hindenburg right. Rev. eagle over wreath with swastika. Ex Cherry Tree Collection. PCGS AU58."
Recorded mintage: 13,163,000.
Specification: 8 g, 0.625 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, .1607 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 93, J-366.
- 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]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 389: Ex Cherry Tree Collection, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.
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