Hesse 1877-H 10 mark
This specimen was lot 2239 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €340 (about US$473 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, HESSEN, Ludwig III. 1848-1877. 10 Mark 1877. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, unified gold coinage of the empire, grand duchy of Hesse, Louis III, 1848-77, ten mark of 1877. Very fine to extremely fine.)"
Of the two major divisions of Hesse, Hesse-Cassel chose the wrong side in the Austro-Prussian war and found herself annexed. Hesse-Darmstadt survived to become the Grand Duchy of plain Hesse. This is the last ten mark issued for Ludwig III, who died in 1877.
Recorded mintage: 94,000.
Specification: 3.98 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-3786, KM 354, J. 216.
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- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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