East Germany 1970 10 mark

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74660

This specimen was lot 74660 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. West/East Germany. Deutsche Demokratische Republik. Ludwig van Beethoven Silver 10 Mark, 1970. NGC MS-66. A highly lustrous Gem with stunning cobalt to cyan toning on the peripheries." This issue from the Communist regime of East Germany commemorates the bicentennial of the birth of Beethoven. One wonders what Beethoven, a snob to the core, would have made of being honored by the proletarian regime.

Recorded mintage: 100,000.

Specification: 17 g, 0.625 fine silver, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-27.1.

Source:

• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• East Germany 1966 10 mark, Schinkel
• East Germany 1971 20 mark KM-32, Liebknecht and Luxemburg
• East Germany 1973-A 10 mark KM-44, 10th Youth Festival Games
• Coins and currency dated 1970