Prussia 1893-A 20 mark

Ponterio sale 168, lot 50125

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 50125 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $382. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Prussia. 20 Mark, 1893-A. NGC AU-55." This type, issued 1890-1913, is common and is a product of the Berlin mint (mintmark "A").

Recorded mintage: 5,815,000.

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

Catalog reference: Fr-3831; KM-521.

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

Link to:

• 1890 20 mark
• 1893 2 mark
• 1893 5 mark
• 1893 10 mark
• Hamburg 1893-J 20 mark
• Hesse 1893-A 20 mark
• Saxony 1894-E 20 mark
• 1894 20 mark
• return to coinage of German States, Prussia
• Coins and currency dated 1893