Hamburg 1908-J 2 mark

Steve Album Auction 53, lot 2938

This specimen was lot 2938 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $204. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HAMBURG: Free Hanseatic City, AR 2 mark, 1908-J, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." 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: 367,750.

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

Catalog reference: KM-612, J-63.

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]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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