Germany 1933-E 2 mark

Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 77377

This specimen was lot 77377 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Third Reich. 2 Mark, 1933-E. Muldenhutten Mint. NGC MS-63. Commemorating the 450th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther." Altho technically an issue of Nazi Germany, the design makes no reference to the new regime and was probably prepared before Hitler took over. Though the size of a quarter, its higher fineness meant that it contained the same amount of silver as the larger two mark of the Weimar Republic such as KM 45. This type was also minted at Munich ("D"), Berlin ("A"), Stuttgart ("F"), Karlsruhe ("G") and Hamburg ("J").

Recorded mintage: 75,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 8 g, 0.625 fine silver, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-79; J-352.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1933-A 2 mark, Martin Luther
• 1933-F 2 mark, Martin Luther
• 1933-G 3 mark, value reverse
• 1933-A 5 mark, Martin Luther
• 1933-G 5 mark, Martin Luther
• 1933-J 5 mark, oak tree
• Germany 1934-E 2 mark Potsdam Garrison Church
• Coins and currency dated 1933
• return to coinage of Germany, Third Reich (1933-1945)