Germany 1951-G 2 mark

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Künker Auction 425, lot 2610

This specimen was lot 2610 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,983 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN AB 1871 · BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, 2 DM 1951 G. Ähren. Von großer Seltenheit. Nur 33 Exemplare geprägt. Polierte Platte. Aus der Sammlung eines deutschen Fabrikanten und Geschichtsfreundes. (Germany, Federal Republic, two mark of 1951, ears of wheat.)"

This type was struck 1951 only. Mintages are substantial but it is not common. This is the rarest of the proofs. When production of this denomination resumed in 1957, the coin featured a bust of physicist Max Planck.

Recorded mintage: 13,012,000 plus 33 proofs.

Specification: 7 g, copper nickel, 25.75 mm diameter, edge lettered EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT.

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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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