Saxony 1907-E 10 mark
This specimen was lot 353 in Sincona sale 69 (Zurich, May 2021), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$531 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DEUTSCHLAND | Empire | Sachsen, Königreich. Friedrich August III. 1904-1918. 10 Mark 1907 E, Muldenhütten. NGC MS62. (Germany, kingdom of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III, 1904-18, ten mark of 1907, Muldenhutten mint, uncirculated.)"
This type was minted 1905-12 in respectable numbers and is priced about fifty percent higher than a common ten mark from Baden or Prussia. 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: 111,878 + proofs.
Specification: 3.98 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 1264, J. 267. Fr-3849.
- 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.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 69, World Coins and Medals, Bullion Auction and Chinese Banknotes, Part 1, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2021.
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