Prussia 1905-J 20 mark
This specimen was lot 6525 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €400 (about US$557 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REICHSGOLDMÜNZEN, PREUSSEN, Wilhelm II. 1888-1918. 20 Mark 1905, J. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, kingdom of Prussia, William II, 1888-1918, twenty mark of 1905, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This specimen is one of a type struck 1890-1913 at Berlin (mintmark "A") and Hamburg (mintmark "J"). Hamburg participated 1905-06, 1910-12. Most of the later dates are common.
Recorded mintage: 920,784, a slightly better date.
Specification: 7.96 g, 0.900 fine gold, .230 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 521, J. 252J.
- 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.
- 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, 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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