Luxembourg 1929 5 francs
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This specimen was lot 3241 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "LUXEMBOURG: Charlotte, 1919-1964, AR 5 francs, 1929, struck at the Stuttgart Mint, a superb lustrous example! PCGS graded MS65, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection." This type was struck in 1929 along with a silver five francs (KM 38). Luxembourg, occupied and devastated by German occupation during World War One, was enjoying a brief respite of peace before the Nazis would repeat the experience again during World War Two. Gold patterns exist of this type.
Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.
Specification: 8 g, 0.625 fine silver, 27.8 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-38.
- 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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