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[[Image:Danzig 1930 25 gulden obv Heritage 3015-24654.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]
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[[Image:Danzig 1930 25 gulden obv Heritage 3015-24654.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3015, lot 24654]]
 
[[Image:Danzig 1930 25 gulden rev Heritage 3015-24654.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]
 
[[Image:Danzig 1930 25 gulden rev Heritage 3015-24654.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]
  
This specimen was lot 24654 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $2,817.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"Free City gold 25 Gulden 1930, MS65 NGC, lightly toned with full mint brilliance, a choice example of this popular type." </blockquote> History does not record if these were seriously intended to circulate but none are known worn. The type was very elusive until recently, when a hoard appeared. [[Danzig]], long part of Prussia and then Germany, was briefly independent 1919-39. Annexed by the Nazis, it fell to [[Poland]] in 1945 and was renamed Gdansk.
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This specimen was lot 24654 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $2,817.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Free City gold 25 Gulden 1930, MS65 NGC, lightly toned with full mint brilliance, a choice example of this popular type." History does not record if these were seriously intended to circulate but none are known worn. The type was very elusive until recently, when a hoard appeared. [[Danzig]], long part of Prussia and then Germany, was briefly independent 1919-39. Annexed by the Nazis, it fell to [[Poland]] in 1945 and was renamed Gdansk.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' est. 3,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' est. 3,000.
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.  
 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.  
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* 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.
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* Jaeger, Kurt, ''Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871,'' Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, ''Heritage World Coin Auction 3015,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.  
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, ''Heritage World Coin Auction 3015,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.  
  
 
''Link to:''
 
''Link to:''
* [[Danzig 1923 5 gulden]]
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* [[Danzig 1923 25 gulden|1923 25 gulden]]
 
* [[Danzig 1932 5 gulden KM-156]]
 
* [[Danzig 1932 5 gulden KM-156]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1930]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1930]]

Revision as of 11:02, 30 October 2021

Heritage sale 3015, lot 24654
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 24654 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $2,817.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Free City gold 25 Gulden 1930, MS65 NGC, lightly toned with full mint brilliance, a choice example of this popular type." History does not record if these were seriously intended to circulate but none are known worn. The type was very elusive until recently, when a hoard appeared. Danzig, long part of Prussia and then Germany, was briefly independent 1919-39. Annexed by the Nazis, it fell to Poland in 1945 and was renamed Gdansk.

Recorded mintage: est. 3,000.

Specification: 7.988 g, .917 fine gold, .2354 troy oz AGW (same standard as a British sovereign).

Catalog reference: KM 150.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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.
  • Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
  • [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3015, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.

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