Prussia 1905-A 2 mark

Steve Album sale 54, lot 2554

This specimen was lot 2554 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $115. The catalog description^[1] noted, "PRUSSIA: Wilhelm II, 1888-1918, AR 2 mark, 1905-A, a lovely example, PCGS graded MS63." This type was struck 1891-93, 1896-1908, 1911-1912 and most dates are common. The two mark was slightly larger than the old gulden popular in south Germany.

Recorded mintage: 6,493,135 plus 620 proofs.

Specification: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-522, J-102.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1904 2 mark
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• 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
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1905 A 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-A 20 mark
• 1905-J 20 mark
• 1906 2 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1905