Baden 1907 2 mark
This specimen was lot 22512 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Baden. 2 Mark, 1907. NGC MS-65. Struck to commemorate the death of Grand Duke Friedrich I. Blast white and fully lustrous with a frosted appearance on the obverse portrait. A delightful Gem example." This type was struck 1907 and is fairly common by dint of being saved. It accompanied a five mark also issued for the death of the grand duke (Dav-537).
Recorded mintage: 350,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 11.11 g, .900 fine silver, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-278.
- 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.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
Link to:
- Baden 1906-G 2 mark
- Baden 1907-G 5 mark Dav-537, death of the grand duke
- Baden 1907-G 10 mark
- Bavaria 1907-D 2 mark
- Prussia 1907-A 2 mark
- Saxony 1907-E 2 mark
- Coins and currency dated 1907
- return to coins of German States, Baden-Durlach