Germany 1951-D 2 mark

Künker sale 336, lot 7704

This specimen was lot 7704 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €340 (about US$445 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"GERMAN COINS SINCE 1871, BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, 2 DM 1951, D. Ähren. Polierte Platte. (Germany, Federal Republic, two mark of 1951. Proof.)"

This type was struck 1951 only and is comparatively scarce; the proofs are rare. When production of this denomination resumed in 1957, the coin featured a bust of physicist Max Planck.

Recorded mintage: 19,564,000 plus 200 proofs.

Specification: 7 g, copper-nickel, 26.75 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 111, J. 386.

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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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