Saxony 1907-E 2 mark

Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70801

This specimen was lot 70801 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 2 Mark, 1907-E. Muldenhutten Mint. Friedrich August III. NGC AU-58. This handsome looking example exhibits a good strike, lustrous surfaces and mottled patina amongst the devices."" This type was struck 1905-08, 1911-14 and is common in lightly circulated condition. The Dresden mint was moved to Muldenhutten in 1887. The Muldenhutten mint, after striking coins for the Saxon kings, later minted for the Weimar republic, the Nazis and the Communists before closing in 1953.

Recorded mintage: 1,112,519.

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

Catalog reference: KM-1263; J-134.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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