Bavaria 1905-D 2 mark

Künker sale 354, lot 6178

This specimen was lot 6178 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €130 (about US$181 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, BAYERN, Otto II. 1886-1913. 2 Mark 1905. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz/Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Bavaria, Otto II, 1886-1913, two mark of 1905, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This is a common date of a common type first struck in 1891.

Recorded mintage: 1,406,100.

Specification: 11.11 g, .900 fine silver, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 913, J. 45.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

Link to:

• 1898 2 mark
• 1907 2 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1905