Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1909-A 3 mark
This specimen was lot 22737 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. 3 Mark, 1909-A. Arnstadt Mint. NGC PROOF-61. Struck to commemorate the death of Karl Gunther and from a mintage of only 200 pieces. Extreme reflectivity exists in the fields and soft frost adorns the highpoints. Lightly toned on both sides." The principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen only became a steady producer of coinage in the mid-nineteenth century and proceeded until the death of Karl Gunther in 1909, when the lands and title fell to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, which did not issue coinage during the Wilhelmine era. This type must have been saved as it is fairly common.
Recorded mintage: 70,000 plus 200 proofs.
Specification: 16.67 g, 0.900 fine silver, 33 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-154, Dav-496.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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