Germany 1939-F 2 mark
This specimen was lot 182 in Schulman auction 389 (Amsterdam, December 2025), where it sold for €40 (about US$56 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Germany, Third Reich - 2 Reichsmark 1939, Silver Berlin mint. Bust of Hindenburg right. Rev. eagle over wreath with swastika. Ex Cherry Tree Collection. PCGS Genuine AU Details. Cleaned." 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 "F" mintmark is for the Stuttgart mint. 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.
Recorded mintage: 3,180,000.
Specification: 8 g, 0.625 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, this specimen 7.96 g.
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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