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* [[Prussia 1872-A 10 mark|1872-A 10 mark]] | * [[Prussia 1872-A 10 mark|1872-A 10 mark]] | ||
Revision as of 14:50, 20 October 2021
This specimen was lot 40128 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $4,112. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Prussia. 1/2 Krone, 1868-A. NGC MS-62." This type was minted in Berlin 1862-69 in substantial numbers but is now rare. Many may have been melted to strike gold ten and twenty mark after the reform of 1871.
Recorded mintage: 92,000 (highest mintage date).
Specification: 5.55 g, .900 fine gold, .160 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-2440; KM-493.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.
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