Germany 1926-J 2 mark

from Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71585

This specimen was lot 71585 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Weimar Republic. 2 Mark, 1926-J. Hamburg Mint. ANACS PROOF-63. Quite pleasingly toned, this choice proof issue presents a delightful champagne hue atop steely gray surfaces, all with a good deal of shimmering brilliance." This type, issued 1925-27 and 1931, was struck at six mints along with a similar one mark (KM 44). Wilhelmine two mark were 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver; the succeeding two mark struck by the Nazis was 8 g, 0.625 fine silver. It is somewhat expensive; perhaps they were melted during World War Two.

Recorded mintage: 5,305,000, fairly common for the type.

Specifications: 10 g, 0.500 fine silver, 28 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-45; J-320.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1926-G mark
• 1926-A 3 mark, Lubeck
• 1927-D 2 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1926
• return to coins of Germany, Weimar Republic (1918-1933)