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[[Image:K354-6577.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 6577]] | [[Image:K354-6577.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 6577]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 6577 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €500 (about US$696 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, WÜRTTEMBERG, Karl, 1864-1891. 20 Mark 1873. Vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Wurttemberg|kingdom of Wurttemberg]], Charles, 1864-1891, twenty mark of 1873. Extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This twenty mark gold piece was struck was struck at the | + | This specimen was lot 6577 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €500 (about US$696 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, WÜRTTEMBERG, Karl, 1864-1891. 20 Mark 1873. Vorzüglich.'' ([[Germany]], [[German States, Wurttemberg|kingdom of Wurttemberg]], Charles, 1864-1891, twenty mark of 1873. Extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This twenty mark gold piece was struck was struck at the Stuttgart mint (mintmark "F") for the kingdom of Wurttemberg in 1872-73. A later, slightly more common type, with a different reverse, was issued 1874 and 1876. This type is not rare. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,357,000 plus proofs. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 1,357,000 plus proofs. | ||
Revision as of 11:05, 27 December 2021
This specimen was lot 6577 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €500 (about US$696 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, WÜRTTEMBERG, Karl, 1864-1891. 20 Mark 1873. Vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Wurttemberg, Charles, 1864-1891, twenty mark of 1873. Extremely fine.)"
This twenty mark gold piece was struck was struck at the Stuttgart mint (mintmark "F") for the kingdom of Wurttemberg in 1872-73. A later, slightly more common type, with a different reverse, was issued 1874 and 1876. This type is not rare.
Recorded mintage: 1,357,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 7.96 g, .900 fine gold, .230 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 622, J. 290.
- 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.
- 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, 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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