Hamburg 1889-J 20 mark
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This specimen was lot 5026 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €950 (about US$1,247 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, HAMBURG, Freie und Hansestadt. 20 Mark 1889. Seltener Jahrgang. Sehr schön. (city of Hamburg, twenty mark of 1889. Rare date, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1875-89 and is among the more common twenty mark of the Second Empire.
Recorded mintage: 14,000, a scarce date.
Specification: 7.96 g, 0.900 fine gold, .230 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-3776; KM 602 (formerly KM-289), J. 210.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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