Bavaria 1876-D 2 mark

Künker sale 386, lot 6219

This specimen was lot 6219 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €750 (about US$969 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, BAYERN, Ludwig II. 1864-1886. 2 Mark 1876. In US-Plastikholder der PCGS mit der Bewertung MS 65 (39354461). Prachtexemplar. Hübsche Patina, fast Stempelglanz. (kingdom of Bavaria, Louis II, 1864-86, two mark of 1876. Outstanding example, handsome patina, about uncirculated, graded PCGS MS-65.)"

This type was struck 1876-77, 1880 and 1883 and this is the most common date of a better type.

Recorded mintage: 5,370,139.

Specification: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, 28 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 903, J. 41.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.

Link to:

• 1876-D 20 pfennig
• 1876-E 20 pfennig
• 1876-F 20 pfennig
• Anhalt 1876-A 2 mark
• Baden 1876-G 2 mark
• Hamburg 1876-J 2 mark
• Hesse 1876-H 2 mark
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1876-A 2 mark
• Prussia 1876-A 2 mark
• Prussia 1876-C 2 mark
• Saxony 1876-E 2 mark
• Wurttemberg 1876-F 2 mark
• 1876 5 mark
• 1876 10 mark
• 1876 20 mark
• 1877 2 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1876