Hamburg 1908-J 2 mark

Steve Album Auction 53, lot 2938

This specimen was lot 2938 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $204. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HAMBURG: Free Hanseatic City, AR 2 mark, 1908-J, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64, ex Joe Sedillot Collection." Hamburg, on the North Sea, was one of two imperial free cities permitted a continued existence under the Empire of 1871; Bremen was the other. This type is common and was struck 1892-93, 1896-1914. The Hamburg mint is still in operation, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany.

Recorded mintage: 367,750.

Specification: 11.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, 28 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-612, J-63.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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