Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1896-A 2 mark

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Künker sale 294, lot 4384

This specimen was lot 4384 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €400 (about US$539 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, SCHWARZBURG-SONDERSHAUSEN, Karl Günther, 1880-1909. 2 Mark 1896. Fast vorzüglich. (unified silver coinage, principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Charles Gunther, 1880-1909, two mark of 1896. About extremely fine.)"

This one year type is quite scarce. It accompanied the twenty mark of the same year.

Recorded mintage: 50,000 + 150 proofs.

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

Catalog reference: KM 150, J. 168.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
  • [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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