Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1905 A 2 mark

Heritage sale 3015, lot 24789

This specimen was lot 24789 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $1,610. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Adolf Friedrich 2 Mark 1905A, MS65 NGC, fully brilliant with virtually pristine surfaces and light toning in the legends. Very scarce type in this superior quality." The Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz survived the grand merger of German states in 1871 but was dissolved on the founding of the Weimar Republic in 1918. Its issues in the twentieth century were few and expensive today; this one is probably the most affordable.

Recorded mintage: 10,000 plus 2,500 proofs.

Specification: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, .321 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 115.

Source:

• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3015, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.

Link to:

• 1870 thaler
• 1905-E pfennig
• 1905-F 10 pfennig
• 1905-A ½ mark
• 1905-D ½ mark
• 1905-F ½ mark
• 1905-F mark
• Baden 1905-G 2 mark
• Bavaria 1905-D 2 mark
• Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1905-A 2 mark
• Saxony 1905-E 2 mark
• Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1905 2 mark
• Wurttemberg 1905-F 2 mark
• 1905 10 mark
• 1905 20 mark
• 1913 3 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1905
• return to coins of German States, Mecklenburg-Strelitz