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[[Image:Baden K336-6689.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 336, lot 6689]] | [[Image:Baden K336-6689.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 336, lot 6689]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 6689 in Künker sale 336 ( | + | This specimen was lot 6689 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,486 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''GERMAN COINS SINCE 1871, REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, BADEN. Friedrich I. 1852-1907. 2 Mark 1888. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz/Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], grand duchy of [[German States, Baden-Durlach|Baden]], 1852-1907, two mark of 1888. Rare in this condition, cabinet piece, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> Five dates are listed for this rather scarce type, 1876, 1877, 1880, 1883 and 1888. The silver two mark replaced the old gulden (10.58 g, 0.900 fine) last struck in 1867 prior to unification. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 75,219. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 75,219. | ||
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* [[Baden 1880-G 2 mark|1880 2 mark]] | * [[Baden 1880-G 2 mark|1880 2 mark]] | ||
* [[Bavaria 1888-D 2 mark]] | * [[Bavaria 1888-D 2 mark]] | ||
| + | * [[Hamburg 1888-J 2 mark]] | ||
| + | * [[Hesse 1888-A 2 mark]] | ||
* [[Prussia 1888-A 2 mark KM-511]] | * [[Prussia 1888-A 2 mark KM-511]] | ||
* [[Saxony 1888-E 2 mark]] | * [[Saxony 1888-E 2 mark]] | ||
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* [[Baden 1888-G 5 mark|1888-G 5 mark]] | * [[Baden 1888-G 5 mark|1888-G 5 mark]] | ||
* [[Baden 1888-G 10 mark|1888-G 10 mark]] | * [[Baden 1888-G 10 mark|1888-G 10 mark]] | ||
| − | * [[Baden | + | * [[Baden 1894-G 2 mark|1894-G 2 mark]] |
* [[Coins and currency dated 1888]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1888]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 335, 336]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | [[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 335, 336]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:32, 28 November 2024
This specimen was lot 6689 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,486 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"GERMAN COINS SINCE 1871, REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, BADEN. Friedrich I. 1852-1907. 2 Mark 1888. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz/Stempelglanz. (Germany, grand duchy of Baden, 1852-1907, two mark of 1888. Rare in this condition, cabinet piece, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
Five dates are listed for this rather scarce type, 1876, 1877, 1880, 1883 and 1888. The silver two mark replaced the old gulden (10.58 g, 0.900 fine) last struck in 1867 prior to unification.
Recorded mintage: 75,219.
Specification: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 265, J. 26.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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