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[[Image:K354-6301.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 6301]] | [[Image:K354-6301.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 6301]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 6301 in Künker sale 354 ( | + | This specimen was lot 6301 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$ including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, SACHSEN, Albert, 1873-1902. 5 Mark 1875. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Feine Patina, fast Stempelglanz/Stempelglanz.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Saxony|kingdom of Saxony]], Albert, 1873-1902, five mark of 1875. Very scarce in this quality, choice example, fine patina, about uncirculated to uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type was struck only three years, 1875-76 and 1889, and is surprisingly scarce. The Dresden mint was moved to Muldenhutten in 1887. The Muldenhutten mint, after striking coins for the Saxon kings, later minted for the Weimar republic, the Nazis and the Communists before closing in 1953. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 494,000. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 494,000. | ||
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* [[Saxony 1872-B 2 thalers Dav-899|1872 2 thaler]] | * [[Saxony 1872-B 2 thalers Dav-899|1872 2 thaler]] | ||
| − | * [[Saxony | + | * [[Saxony 1874-E 20 mark|1874 20 mark]] |
| + | * [[Baden 1875-G 5 mark]] | ||
* [[Bavaria 1875-D 5 mark]] | * [[Bavaria 1875-D 5 mark]] | ||
* [[Hamburg 1875-J 5 mark]] | * [[Hamburg 1875-J 5 mark]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:22, 19 April 2026
This specimen was lot 6301 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$ including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, SACHSEN, Albert, 1873-1902. 5 Mark 1875. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Feine Patina, fast Stempelglanz/Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Saxony, Albert, 1873-1902, five mark of 1875. Very scarce in this quality, choice example, fine patina, about uncirculated to uncirculated.)"
This type was struck only three years, 1875-76 and 1889, and is surprisingly scarce. The Dresden mint was moved to Muldenhutten in 1887. The Muldenhutten mint, after striking coins for the Saxon kings, later minted for the Weimar republic, the Nazis and the Communists before closing in 1953.
Recorded mintage: 494,000.
Specification: 27.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, 38 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 1237, Dav-900, J. 122.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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