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[[Image:Baden K294-4023.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 294, lot 4023]]
 
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This specimen was lot 4023 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabruck, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €330 (about US$445 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, BADEN, Friedrich II. 1907-1918. 20 Mark 1911. Sehr schön-vorzüglich/vorzüglich.'' (unified gold coinage, grand duchy of Baden, Frederick II, 1907-18, twenty mark of 1911. Very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This is the only twenty mark of the 20th century from Baden. It was struck 1911-14 and is common. Altho Baden was not a major issuer of coins prior to unification, its issues during the Empire (1871-1918) were substantial. The Baden mint at Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") struck minor coins during the Empire and afterward until today.  
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This specimen was lot 4023 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €330 (about US$445 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, BADEN, Friedrich II. 1907-1918. 20 Mark 1911. Sehr schön-vorzüglich/vorzüglich.'' (unified gold coinage, grand duchy of Baden, Frederick II, 1907-18, twenty mark of 1911. Very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This is the only twenty mark of the 20th century from Baden. It was struck 1911-14 and is common. Altho Baden was not a major issuer of coins prior to unification, its issues during the Empire (1871-1918) were substantial. The Baden mint at Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") struck minor coins during the Empire and afterward until today.  
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 190,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 190,000.
  
''Specification:'' 7.96 g, .900 fine gold.
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''Specification:'' 7.96 g, 0.900 fine gold.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' J. 192. Fr-3760, KM 284.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' J. 192. Fr-3760, KM 284.  
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* [[Germany 1911-A 5 pfennig|1911-A 5 pfennig]]
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* [[Germany 1911-J 5 pfennig|1911-J 5 pfennig]]
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* [[Germany 1911-A 10 pfennig|1911-A 10 pfennig]]
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* [[Germany 1911-E 25 pfennig|1911-E 25 pfennig]]
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* [[Germany 1911-E 1/2 mark|1911-E ½ mark]]
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* [[Germany 1911-J 1/2 mark|1911-J ½ mark]]
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* [[Germany 1911-E mark|1911-E mark]]
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* [[Germany 1911-F mark|1911-F mark]]
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* [[Germany 1911-G mark|1911-G mark]]
 
* [[Baden 1911-G 2 mark|1911 2 mark]]
 
* [[Baden 1911-G 2 mark|1911 2 mark]]
 
* [[Baden 1911-G 10 mark|1911 10 mark]]
 
* [[Baden 1911-G 10 mark|1911 10 mark]]

Latest revision as of 09:53, 20 January 2026

Künker sale 294, lot 4023

This specimen was lot 4023 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €330 (about US$445 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, BADEN, Friedrich II. 1907-1918. 20 Mark 1911. Sehr schön-vorzüglich/vorzüglich. (unified gold coinage, grand duchy of Baden, Frederick II, 1907-18, twenty mark of 1911. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

This is the only twenty mark of the 20th century from Baden. It was struck 1911-14 and is common. Altho Baden was not a major issuer of coins prior to unification, its issues during the Empire (1871-1918) were substantial. The Baden mint at Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") struck minor coins during the Empire and afterward until today.

Recorded mintage: 190,000.

Specification: 7.96 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: J. 192. Fr-3760, KM 284.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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 Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.

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