Hamburg 1903-J 2 mark

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 46061

This specimen was lot 46061 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hamburg. 2 Mark, 1903-J. Hamburg Mint. NGC AU-58." Hamburg, on the North Sea, was one of two imperial free cities permitted a continued existence under the Empire of 1871; Bremen was the other. This type is common and was struck 1892-93, 1896-1914. The Hamburg mint is still in operation, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany.

Recorded mintage: 817,215.

Specification: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, 28 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-612; J-65.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1902 2 mark
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1903-A 2 mark, wedding of the duke
• Saxony 1903-E 2 mark
• 1903 10 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1903