Hesse 1873-H 20 mark

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Künker sale 354, lot 6475

This specimen was lot 6475 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,253 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, HESSEN, Ludwig III. 1848-1877. 20 Mark 1873. Vorzüglich. (Germany, grand duchy of Hesse, Louis III, twenty mark of 1873, extremely fine.)"

The Darmstadt mint closed in 1882 and Hessian issues were coined at Berlin thereafter. This type was struck 1872-73. It is the highest mintage Hessian gold coin and the highest mintage Hessian coin of the empire.

Recorded mintage: 521,000.

Specification: 7.96 g, 0.900 fine gold, .230 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 351, J. 214.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
  • 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.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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