Saxony 1903-E 2 mark
This specimen was lot 6318 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €550 (about US$766 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, SACHSEN, Georg, 1902-1904. 2 Mark 1903. Herrliche Patina, fast Stempelglanz. Mit altem Münztütchen. (Germany, kingdom of Saxony, George, 1902-04, two mark of 1903. Superb patina, about uncirculated with an old envelope.)"
This type was struck 1903-04 and is common in lightly circulated condition. The Dresden mint was moved to Muldenhutten in 1887. 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: 745,551 plus 50 proofs.
Specification: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 1245, J. 129.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- 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.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
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