Wurttemberg 1897-F 20 mark

Ponterio sale 168, lot 50134

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 50134 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $394. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Wurttemberg. 20 Mark, 1897-F. NGC AU Details--Surface Hairlines." This type is common and is a product of the Stuttgart mint (mintmark "F").

Recorded mintage: 400,000 plus a few proofs.

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

Catalog reference: Fr-3876; KM-634.

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.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

Link to:

• 1894 20 mark
• Hamburg 1895-J 20 mark
• Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1896-A 20 mark
• Hesse 1897-A 20 mark
• Prussia 1897-A 20 mark
• 1905 20 mark
• 1910-F 3 mark
• return to coinage of German States, Wurttemberg
• Coins and currency dated 1897