Saxony 1873-E 20 mark
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This specimen was lot 24090 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $1,997.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Saxony. Johann gold 20 Mark 1873-E, MS66 NGC, full resplendent luster with just the slightest hint of red overtones." This one year type is scarce.
Recorded mintage: 203,000.
Specification: 7.96 g, 0.900 fine gold, .230 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 1234.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
Link to:
- 1872 20 mark
- 1873 10 mark
- Baden 1873-G 20 mark
- Bavaria 1873-D 20 mark
- Hesse 1873-H 20 mark
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1873-A 20 mark
- Prussia 1873-B 20 mark
- Prussia 1873-C 20 mark Hannover mint
- Wurttemberg 1873-F 20 mark
- 1875 5 mark
- 1874 20 mark
- Coins and currency dated 1873
- return to coins of German States, Saxony