Baden 1873-G 20 mark

Künker sale 294, lot 4009

This specimen was lot 4009 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €330 (about US$445 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, BADEN, Friedrich I. 1852-1907. 20 Mark 1873. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, unified gold coinage, grand duchy of Baden, Frederick I, 1852-1907, twenty mark of 1873. Very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type was struck 1872-73 only before being replaced in 1874 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 common.

Recorded mintage: 517,770.

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

Catalog reference: KM 261, Fr-3752, J. 184.

Source:

• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
• 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.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1873 10 mark
• Bavaria 1873-D 20 mark
• Hesse 1873-H 20 mark
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1873-A 20 mark
• Prussia 1873-B 20 mark Hannover mint
• Saxony 1873-E 20 mark
• Wurttemberg 1873-F 20 mark
• 1874 20 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1873
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