Saxe-Meiningen 1915 2 mark

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 22683

This specimen was lot 22683 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxe-Meiningen. 2 Mark, 1915. PCGS MS-64 Secure Holder. Struck to commemorate the death of Georg II. Carefully preserved and displaying a band of brilliance that runs across the obverse surfaces." This three mark was struck 1915 only. It is accompanied by a silver three mark. The last duke, Bernhard III, abdicated in the maelstrom of the collapse of the Wilhelmine regime in 1918.

Recorded mintage: 30,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-206; J-154.

Source:

• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

• 1913-D 2 mark
• 1915-D 5 pfennig, struck in iron
• 1915-J 5 pfennig
• 1915-D ½ mark
• 1915-F ½ mark
• 1915-J ½ mark
• 1915-A mark
• 1915-D mark
• 1915-F mark
• 1915-G mark
• 1915 3 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1915
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Meiningen