Baden 1874-G 20 mark

Künker sale 354, lot 6428

This specimen was lot 6428 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$2,088 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, BADEN, Friedrich I. 1852-1907. 20 Mark 1874. Sehr selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. (Germany, grand duchy of Baden, Frederick I, 1852-1907, twenty mark of 1874, very scarce in this quality, extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1874 only before being replaced in 1875 with a design with a modified reverse. Several German states issued gold five mark in 1877 but the denomination was abandoned in favor of a silver five mark, gold being restricted to ten and twenty mark pieces. This date is fairly rare.

Recorded mintage: 154,903 + proofs.

Specification: 7.96 g, 0.900 fine gold, .230 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 262, J. 187.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1873 20 mark
• Bavaria 1874-D 20 mark
• Hesse 1874-H 20 mark
• Saxony 1874-E 20 mark
• Schaumburg-Lippe 1874-B 20 mark
• Wurttemberg 1874-F 20 mark
• 1875 5 mark
• 1878 10 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1874