Hesse 1880-H 10 mark

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Künker sale 354, lot 6481

This specimen was lot 6481 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,531 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, HESSEN, Ludwig IV. 1877-1892. 10 Mark 1880. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, grand duchy of Hesse, Louis IV, 1877-92, ten mark of 1880. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1878-80 at Darmstadt for the grand duke. The mint there closed in 1882 and Hessian issues were coined at Berlin thereafter.

Recorded mintage: 109,000 + proofs.

Specification: 3.98 g, 0.900 fine gold, .115 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 358, J. 219.

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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