Saxony 1905-E 2 mark
This specimen was lot 70800 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 2 Mark, 1905-E. Muldenhutten Mint. Friedrich August III. NGC MS-62. This nicely preserved example displays lovely rich mottled patina over boldly struck devices and lustrous surfaces." This type was struck 1905-08, 1911-14 and is common in lightly circulated condition. The Dresden mint was moved to Muldenhutten in 1887. The Muldenhutten mint, after striking coins for the Saxon kings, later minted for the Weimar republic, the Nazis and the Communists before closing in 1953.
Recorded mintage: 558,951 + 100 proofs.
Specification: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-1263; J-134.
- 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, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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