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This specimen was lot 46693 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. [[German States, Hamburg|Hamburg]]. 2 Mark, 1914-J. Hamburg Mint. Free City. PCGS MS-64. From the Ralph Titus World War I Collection." Hamburg, on the North Sea, was one of two imperial free cities permitted a continued existence under the Empire of 1871; Bremen was the other. This type is common and was struck 1892-93, 1896-1914. The Hamburg mint is still in operation, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany.
 
This specimen was lot 46693 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]. [[German States, Hamburg|Hamburg]]. 2 Mark, 1914-J. Hamburg Mint. Free City. PCGS MS-64. From the Ralph Titus World War I Collection." Hamburg, on the North Sea, was one of two imperial free cities permitted a continued existence under the Empire of 1871; Bremen was the other. This type is common and was struck 1892-93, 1896-1914. The Hamburg mint is still in operation, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany.
  
''Recorded mintage'': 327,758 plus a few proofs.  
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''Recorded mintage'': 327,758 plus a few proofs.  
  
 
''Specifications'': 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, 28 mm diameter, reeded edge.  
 
''Specifications'': 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, 28 mm diameter, reeded edge.  
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* [[Bavaria 1914-D 2 mark]]
 
* [[Bavaria 1914-D 2 mark]]
 
* [[Saxony 1914-E 2 mark]]
 
* [[Saxony 1914-E 2 mark]]
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* [[Wurttemberg 1914-F 2 mark]]
 
* [[Hamburg 1914-J 3 mark|1914 3 mark]]
 
* [[Hamburg 1914-J 3 mark|1914 3 mark]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1914]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1914]]
  
 
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]]
 
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]]

Revision as of 15:19, 30 September 2025

Stack's Bowers September 2025 ANA sale, lot 46693
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This specimen was lot 46693 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hamburg. 2 Mark, 1914-J. Hamburg Mint. Free City. PCGS MS-64. From the Ralph Titus World War I Collection." Hamburg, on the North Sea, was one of two imperial free cities permitted a continued existence under the Empire of 1871; Bremen was the other. This type is common and was struck 1892-93, 1896-1914. The Hamburg mint is still in operation, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany.

Recorded mintage: 327,758 plus a few proofs.

Specifications: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, 28 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-612; J-65.

Sources:

  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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