Saxe-Meiningen 1909-D 10 mark

Künker sale 294, lot 4178

This specimen was lot 4178 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €5,750 (about US$7,750 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, SACHSEN-MEININGEN, Georg II. 1866-1914. 10 Mark 1909. R Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz/Stempelglanz. (unified gold coinage, duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, George I, 1886-1914. ten mark of 1909. Scarce, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

Several German states issued gold five mark in 1877 but the denomination was abandoned in favor of a silver five mark, gold being restricted to ten and twenty mark pieces. The gold issues of this locale are scanty and rare; the other dates of this type are 1902 and 1914.

Recorded mintage: 1,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 3.98 g, 0.900 fine gold, .114 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 195, Jaeger-280.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

Link to:

• 1908 5 mark
• Bavaria 1909-D 10 mark
• Lubeck 1909-A 10 mark
• Prussia 1909-A 10 mark
• Saxony 1909-E 10 mark
• Wurttemberg 1909-F 10 mark
• 1910 20 mark
• 1914 10 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1909
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Meiningen