Live auction - fwo_393479 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - WILLIAM II 20 Mark, 3e type 1914 Berlin
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 270 € |
| Maximum bid : | 270 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 July 2016 15:10:46 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : 20 Mark, 3e type
Date: 1914
Mint name / Town : Berlin
Quantity minted : 2136861
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,99 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux GOTT MIT UNS
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie conserve tout son brillant de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V. PREUSSEN.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Guillaume Ier à droite ; au-dessous, A.
Obverse translation : (Guillaume II empereur Allemand, roi de Prusse).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEUTSCHES - REICH/ *20 MARK/ 1914*.
Reverse description : Aiglé héraldique couronné, timbré d'un écu aux armes de la Prusse.
Commentary
Ce type, le dernier pour le royaume de Prusse, frappé en 1913, 1914 et 1915 pour un total de de 9.506.646 exemplaires.
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - WILLIAM II
(15/06/1888-9/11/1918)
William II (27/01/1859-4.06/1941) is the eldest son of Frederick and Victoria of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. He is therefore the grandson of Queen Victoria of England. Emperor in 1888, he let himself be drawn into the First World War by his staff and had to abdicate in 1918. He took refuge in the Netherlands and died in 1941.
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