Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1873-A 20 mark
This specimen was lot 4098 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €5,700 (about US$7,683 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, MECKLENBURG-STRELITZ, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1860-1904. 20 Mark 1873. R Sehr schön +. (Germany, unified gold coinage, grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Frederick William, 1860-1904, twenty mark of 1873. Scarce, very fine or better.)"
This type was struck 1873 only and is rare. It was accompanied by a ten mark (KM 104).
Recorded mintage: 6,750.
Specification: 7.96 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 105, J. 236.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
Link to:
- 1875-C pfennig
- 1873-A mark
- Bavaria 1873-D 10 mark
- Hesse 1873-H 20 mark
- 1873 10 mark
- Prussia 1873-A 10 mark
- Wurttemberg 1873-F 10 mark
- Baden 1873-G 20 mark
- Bavaria 1873-D 20 mark
- Prussia 1873-B 20 mark Hannover mint
- 1874 20 mark
- Coins and currency dated 1873
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