Germany 2001-F mark KM-203

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44517
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 44517 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Mark, 2001-F. Stuttgart Mint. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. A brilliant and attractive Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." This commemorative was struck for the retirement of the mark. Another mark, KM 110, was struck in copper-nickel for collectors. To this writer's knowledge, Germany is the only country in Europe still operating branch mints: A - Berlin; D - Munich; F - Stuttgart; G - Karlsruhe and J - Hamburg.

Recorded mintage: 200,000 proofs.

Specification: 12 g, 0.999 fine gold, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-3878; KM-203.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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