Wurttemberg 1876-F 20 mark

formerly in the Wildman Collection

This twenty mark gold piece was struck was struck at the Stuttgart mint (mintmark "F") for the kingdom of Wurttemberg in 1874 and 1876. An earlier, slightly scarcer type, with a different reverse, was issued 1872-73. This type is common.

Recorded mintage: 359,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM 625.

Source:

• 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.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1874 20 mark
• 1875 5 mark
• 1876-C 10 pfennig
• 1876-D 20 pfennig
• 1876-E 20 pfennig
• 1876-F 20 pfennig
• 1876-A 50 pfennig
• 1876-F 50 pfennig
• 1876-J mark
• 1876 2 mark
• 1876 10 mark
• Anhalt 1875-A 20 mark
• Bavaria 1876-D 20 mark
• 1877 gold 5 mark
• 1894 20 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1876
• return to coinage of German States, Wurttemberg