Saxe-Meiningen 1889-D 20 mark

Künker sale 354, lot 6557

This specimen was lot 6557 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €13,000 (about US$18,092 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, SACHSEN-MEININGEN, Georg II. 1866-1914. 20 Mark 1889. R Vorzüglich. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, George II, 1866-1914, twenty mark of 1889, extremely fine.)"

The gold issues of this locale are scanty and rare and this one year type is no exception.

Recorded mintage: 4,032 plus proofs.

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

Catalog reference: KM 186, J. 277.

Source:

• 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.
• 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

Link to:

• 1882 20 mark
• Hamburg 1889-J 20 mark
• Prussia 1889-A 20 mark
• 1890 10 mark
• 1900 20 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1889