Bavaria 1905-D 2 mark
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 struck in 1891-1908, 1912-1913. It superseded the gulden from before unification. The kingdom was abolished with the collapse of the Empire in 1918.
Recorded mintage: 1,406,100.
Specification: 11.11 g, .900 fine silver, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM 913, J. 45.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.
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