NGC-certified Coins Featured in Sale Presented by New Frankfurt Auction House

In its November 8 offerings of ancient and German coins, the new auction house Frankfurter Münzhandlung Nachfolge GmbH is featuring an excellent selection of significant rarities certified by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®).

The auction house, named for one that started in 1874, was opened this year by executives of the Swiss coin auction house Sincona AG. Sincona emerged from the numismatic department of the Swiss banking giant UBS, which had bought Frankfurter Münzhandlung in 1988 and held its last auction in 1999.

This 1875-B Germany 20 Marks that is graded NGC MS 64★ PL is estimated to realize €40,000 (about $45,000 USD). Click images to enlarge.

Perhaps chief among the rarities offered in Auction 153 in Frankfurt am Main is an 1875 Germany 20 Marks that is graded NGC MS 64★ PL and that is estimated to realize €40,000 (about $45,000 USD). The gold coin bears a portrait of Heinrich XXII (1846-1902), who was Prince Reuss of the small German principality of Greiz from 1859 until his death.

Another gold coin with a €40,000 estimate is an 1895 German New Guinea 20 Marks graded NGC MS 65+. Germany took control of the northeastern part of the island and several Pacific island groups in the 1880s and lost them in World War I.

Other NGC-graded gold rarities in the Frankfurter Münzhandlung auction include:

• An 1873-A Germany 20 Marks with a portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm and graded NGC MS 64. Estimate: €12,000 (about $13,400 USD).
• A 1905-D Germany 20 Marks with a portrait of Georg Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen graded NGC MS 63+. Estimate: €12,000 (about $13,300 USD).
• A 1900-D Germany 20 Marks depicting Georg II and graded NGC MS 63+ PL. Estimate: €12,000 (about $13,300 USD).
• An 1874-B Germany 20 Marks depicting Adolf Georg and graded NGC MS 67. Estimate: €10,000 (about $11,000 USD).
• A 1910-D Germany 20 Marks with a portrait of Georg II graded NGC MS 64 PL. Estimate: €10,000 (about $11,000 USD).
• An 1889-A Germany 10 Marks with a portrait of Wilhelm II and graded NGC PF 67. Estimate: €10,000 (about $11,000 USD).
• A 1903-A Germany 20 Marks graded NGC MS 63. Estimate €7,000 (about $7,800 USD).
• A 1914-D Germany 10 Marks graded NGC MS 66. Estimate: €6,500 (about $7,200 USD).
• A 1914-D Germany 20 Marks depicting Ludwig III and graded NGC MS 64. Estimate: €5,000 (about $5,600 USD).
• An 1898-D Germany 10 Marks with a portrait of Georg II graded NGC MS 63+. Estimate: €5,000 (about $5,600 USD).
• A 1905-E Germany 20 Marks graded NGC PF 65 Cameo. Estimate: €4,500 (about $5,000 USD).
• A 1901-A Germany 10 Marks with a portrait of Friedrich I graded NGC PF 65 Cameo. Estimate: €3,000 (about $3,300 USD).
• A 1915-A Germany 20 Marks graded NGC MS 63. Estimate: €3,000 (about $3,300 USD).
• A 1912-E Germany 10 Marks graded NGC PF 64 Cameo. Estimate €1,500 (about $1,800 USD).
• An 1877-E Germany 5 Marks graded NGC MS 67. Estimate: €800 (about $890 USD).

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All estimates are provided by the auction house.