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This specimen was lot 6004 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,047 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BALTIKUM, LITAUEN, Republik. 100 Litu 2000. Großfürst Vytautas der Große. 7,78 g Feingold. GOLD. Polierte Platte.'' (republic of [[Lithuania]], one hundred litu of 2000, for Vytautas the Great. Proof.)"</blockquote> An NCLT struck to honor grand duke Vytautas the Great, who ruled 1392-1430. The portrait's features are conjectural.
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This specimen was lot 6004 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,047 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''BALTIKUM, LITAUEN, Republik. 100 Litu 2000. Großfürst Vytautas der Große. 7,78 g Feingold. GOLD. Polierte Platte.'' (republic of [[Lithuania]], one hundred litu of 2000, for Vytautas the Great. Proof.)"</blockquote> An NCLT struck to honor grand duke Vytautas the Great, who ruled 1392-1430. The portrait's features are conjectural.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 2,000 proofs.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 2,000 proofs.

Revision as of 18:41, 28 November 2024

Künker sale 336, lot 6004

This specimen was lot 6004 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,047 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BALTIKUM, LITAUEN, Republik. 100 Litu 2000. Großfürst Vytautas der Große. 7,78 g Feingold. GOLD. Polierte Platte. (republic of Lithuania, one hundred litu of 2000, for Vytautas the Great. Proof.)"

An NCLT struck to honor grand duke Vytautas the Great, who ruled 1392-1430. The portrait's features are conjectural.

Recorded mintage: 2,000 proofs.

Specification: 7.78 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.250 troy oz AGW, 22.3 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM 126, Fr-13.

Source:

  • 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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