Prussia 1877-B 2 mark

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 38381

This specimen was lot 38381 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $1,110. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Prussia. 2 Mark, 1877-B. Hanover Mint. Wilhelm I. PCGS MS-64." This type was struck 1876-77 at Berlin ("A"), Frankfurt ("C") and Hannover (shown here) and 1879-84 at Berlin. It is not common in better grade. The two mark was slightly larger than the old gulden popular in south Germany.

Recorded mintage: 1,301,471, a somewhat better date.

Specification: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, 28 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-506; J-96.

Source:

• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• 1876-A 2 mark
• 1876-C 2 mark
• Bavaria 1877-D 2 mark
• Hamburg 1877-J 2 mark
• Hesse 1877-H 2 mark
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1877-A 2 mark
• Reuss 1877-B 2 mark
• Saxony 1877-E 2 mark
• Wurttemberg 1877-F 2 mark
• 1877-A 2 mark
• 1877-A gold 5 mark
• 1877-B gold 5 mark
• 1877-C gold 5 mark
• 1877-C 10 mark
• 1883-A 2 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1877