4th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
8 x Early 20th Century German Silver Coins, to include: Prussia 5 Marks 1901 ‘200 Years – Kingdom of Prussia,’ obv. ‘FRIEDRICH 1 1701 – WILHELM 11 1901’ around conjoined portraits, rev. crowned Imperial eagle; 27.89g, .900 silver; obv. toning spots, light contact marks/hairlines o/wise good edge & surfaces ABU; Grand Duchy of Baden 2 Marks 1907 ‘Death of Grand Duke Friedrich I’ obv. bust of Friedrich I & dates 1826 & 1907 below, rev. Imperial crowned eagle, 11.17g, .900 silver; minor hairlines, light peripheral toning o/wise good edge & surfaces, lustrous BU; Bayern (Kingdom of Bavaria) 2 Marks 1913D (Munich Mint) obv. bust of King Otto, rev. crowned Imperial eagle, 11.16g, .900 silver; minor contact marks/hairlines, peripheral golden toning, scarcer date, ABU; 2 x Prussia 3 Marks: 1910A (Berlin Mint) ‘Centenary of the Founding of the Humboldt University of Berlin’ obv. conjoined busts of Friedrich Wilhelm III & Wilhelm II & dates 1810 – 1910, rev. crowned Imperial eagle, 16.71g, .900 silver; faint hairlines & minor contact marks on busts, peripheral toning (more so on rev.) EF or+ & 1911A (Berlin Mint), obv. bust of Wilhelm II, rev. crowned Imperial eagle, 16.74g, .900 silver; light hairlines, minor contact marks & trivial rim imperfections, peripheral golden toning EF; Prussia 3 Marks 1911A (Berlin Mint), obv. bust of Wilhelm II, rev. crowned Imperial eagle, 16.74g, .900 silver, obv. hairlines & light contact marks, dull surface in parts, rev. light golden toning in parts of legend, ABU; Weimar Republic 3 Marks 1925D (Munich Mint), obv. ‘DEUTSCHES REICH’ around ‘DREI MARK’ & date, rev. eagle, 15g, .500 silver; obv. contact marks, patchy golden toning, scarcer date, AEF; and 3 Reichsmarks 1926A ‘700 years of Freedom for Lübeck,’ 15g .500 silver; light contact marks/hairlines, light peripheral toning GEF.
Sold for £220
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 4th May, 2022
To include a wide selection of early and late hammered coinage, including Anglo-Saxon and medieval examples, and milled coinage from the reign of Elizabeth I onwards.
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