Schaumburg-Lippe 1904-A 20 mark

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Künker sale 354, lot 6571

This specimen was lot 6571 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$5,010 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, SCHAUMBURG-LIPPE, Georg, 1893-1911. 20 Mark 1904. Kl. Randfehler, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, principality of Schaumburg-Lippe, George, 1893-1911, twenty mark of 1904. Minor rim rick, very fine to extremely fine.)"

All the reform coinage of this tiny state is scarce to rare. This twenty mark was struck in ceremonial amounts in 1898 and 1904.

Recorded mintage: 5,500 plus 132 proofs.

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

Catalog reference: KM 51, J. 285.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
  • 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.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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