Germany 1958-J 2 mark
This specimen was lot 3087 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY: Federal Republic, 2 deutsche mark, 1958-J, Max Planck, a superb proof quality example! PCGS graded Proof 65 DCAM, ex Joe Sedillot Collection. Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858-1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918." This type, featuring physicist Max Planck, was struck 1957-71. This date is fairly common but the proofs are rare.
Recorded mintage: 9,408,000 plus 100 proofs.
Specification: 7 g, copper nickel, 26.75 mm diameter, edge lettered EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT.
Catalog reference: KM-116, J-392.
- 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.
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