Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1872-A 20 mark

Ponterio sale 168, lot 40124

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40124 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $2,185. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 20 Mark, 1872-A. NGC AU-55. One year type." This issue was accompanied by a gold ten mark which is even rarer.

Recorded mintage: 69,000.

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

Catalog reference: Fr-3800; KM-319.

Source:

• 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.
• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

Link to:

• Bavaria 1872-D 20 mark
• Hesse 1872-H 20 mark
• 1872-A 10 mark
• Prussia 1872-A 20 mark
• Prussia 1872-B 20 mark
• Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1872-E 20 mark
• Saxe-Meiningen 1872-D 20 mark
• Saxony 1872-E 20 mark
• Wurttemberg 1872-F 20 mark
• Anhalt 1875-A 20 mark
• 1876-A 2 mark
• 1878 10 mark
• return to coinage of German States, Mecklenburg-Schwerin
• Coins and currency dated 1872