Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1898-A 2 mark

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Künker sale 294, lot 4374

This specimen was lot 4374 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €260 (about US$351 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, SACHSEN-WEIMAR-EISENACH, Carl Alexander, 1853-1901. 2 Mark 1898. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (unified silver coinage, duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Charles Alexander, 1853-1901, two mark of 1898, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This one year type is rather scarce.

Recorded mintage: 100,000 + proofs.

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

Catalog reference: KM 214, J. 156.

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, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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