Hamburg 1880-J 10 mark
This specimen was lot 2277 in Sincona sale 87 (Zürich, October 2023), where it sold for 235 CHF (about US$317 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND Kaiserreich, 10 Mark 1880 J, Hamburg. Sehr schön-vorzüglich, Kleine Kratzer, (empire of Germany, ten mark of 1880, Hamburg mint. Very fine-extremely fine. Small scratches.)"
This type was struck in Hamburg 1875-80 and 1888. Hamburg, on the North Sea, was one of three imperial free cities permitted a continued existence under the Empire of 1871; Bremen and Lubeck were the others. She struck silver two, three and five mark and gold ten and twenty mark until that Empire's collapse in 1918. This type is readily available lightly circulated. Production of this denomination resumed in 1890 with a modified reverse. The Hamburg mint is still in operation, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany.
Recorded mintage: 139,000.
Specification: 3.98 g, 0.900 fine gold, this specimen 3.91 g.
Catalog reference: KM 600, J. 209, Fr-3780.
- 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.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 87, World Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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