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[[Image:K354-6202.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 6202]] | [[Image:K354-6202.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 6202]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 6202 in Künker sale 354 ( | + | This specimen was lot 6202 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,505 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, HAMBURG, Freie und Hansestadt. 2 Mark 1883. Vorzüglich aus polierter Platte.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Hamburg|free city of Hamburg]], two mark of 1883, extremely fine on a polished planchet.)"</blockquote> Hamburg, on the North Sea, was one of three imperial free cities permitted a continued existence under the Empire of 1871; Bremen and Lübeck were the others. She struck silver two, three and five mark and gold ten and twenty mark until that Empire's collapse in 1918. The Hamburg mint is still in operation, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany. This type was struck 1876-78, 1880, 1883 and 1888. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 60,000. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 60,000. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 11.11 g, .900 fine silver, reeded edge. | + | ''Specification:'' 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, reeded edge. |
''Catalog reference:'' KM 604, J. 61. | ''Catalog reference:'' KM 604, J. 61. | ||
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* [[Bavaria 1883-D 2 mark]] | * [[Bavaria 1883-D 2 mark]] | ||
* [[Prussia 1883-A 2 mark]] | * [[Prussia 1883-A 2 mark]] | ||
| + | * [[Saxony 1883-E 2 mark]] | ||
* [[Hamburg 1888-J 2 mark|1888 2 mark]] | * [[Hamburg 1888-J 2 mark|1888 2 mark]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1883]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1883]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | [[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]][[Category: Minor coinage of the German states]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:07, 20 April 2026
This specimen was lot 6202 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,800 (about US$2,505 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, HAMBURG, Freie und Hansestadt. 2 Mark 1883. Vorzüglich aus polierter Platte. (Germany, free city of Hamburg, two mark of 1883, extremely fine on a polished planchet.)"
Hamburg, on the North Sea, was one of three imperial free cities permitted a continued existence under the Empire of 1871; Bremen and Lübeck were the others. She struck silver two, three and five mark and gold ten and twenty mark until that Empire's collapse in 1918. The Hamburg mint is still in operation, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany. This type was struck 1876-78, 1880, 1883 and 1888.
Recorded mintage: 60,000.
Specification: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM 604, J. 61.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- [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.
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