Saxe-Meiningen 1900-D 20 mark

Künker sale 352, lot 2287

This specimen was lot 2287 in Künker sale 352 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €17,000 (about US$23,659 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, SACHSEN-MEININGEN, Georg II. 1866-1914. 20 Mark 1900. R Von polierten Stempeln, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Erworben bei der Firma Adolph Hess Nachf. Frankfurt am Main. (Germany, unified gold coinage of the empire, duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, George II, 1866-1914, twenty mark of 1900. Rare, from polished dies, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

The gold issues of this locale are scanty and rare.

Recorded mintage: 1,005 + proofs.

Specification: 7.96 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-3859, KM 195, J. 279.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th 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.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

Link to:

• 1889 20 mark
• 1901 2 mark
• 1901 5 mark
• Bavaria 1900-D 20 mark
• Prussia 1900-A 20 mark
• 1905-D 20 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1900