Lubeck 1909-A 10 mark

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Künker sale 294, lot 4089

This specimen was lot 4089 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,852 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, LÜBECK, Freie und Hansestadt. 10 Mark 1909. Polierte Platte. (unified gold coinage, free city of Lubeck, ten mark of 1909, proof.)"

This gold ten mark superseded an earlier type of 1901 and 1904 with a slightly different obverse. This type was issued 1905-10 yet is rare. All of Lubeck's reform coinage was minted in Berlin.

Recorded mintage: 10,000 + proofs.

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

Catalog reference: J. 228. KM 214.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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.
  • Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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