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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1076057, member: 6229"]Our looking back at the coinage authorized by each of the 38 German States still in existence during the German Empire's reign (1871 - 1918) brings us to the Alphabet's letter "<b>O</b>" which stands for <b><i>Oldenburg.</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>The last authorized coinage of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg consists of two silver coins which were authorized in 1901 under the leadership of Grand Duke Friedrich August. Both were struck at the Berlin Mint and bear the "A" mint mark.</p><p><br /></p><p> <b><u>One is a 28mm silver (0.3215 ounce ASW) 2 Mark coin (75,000 minted as business strikes and another 250 proofs were produced for collectors)</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=916974&AucID=674&Lot=2550&Val=fdfec2f921ca5ae92e36e6d16c4bb881" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=916974&AucID=674&Lot=2550&Val=fdfec2f921ca5ae92e36e6d16c4bb881" rel="nofollow"><b>OLDENBURG 1901-A SILVER ZWEI (2) MARK - GRAND DUKE FRIEDRICH AUGUST</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>The other is a 38mm silver (0.8037 ounce ASW) 5 Mark coin (10,000 minted as business strikes and another 170 proofs were produced for collectors)</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=916973&AucID=674&Lot=2549&Val=5e3dea8807b7c9fda98ceddb813bbf34" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=916973&AucID=674&Lot=2549&Val=5e3dea8807b7c9fda98ceddb813bbf34" rel="nofollow"><b>OLDENBURG 1901-A SILVER FUNF (5) MARK - GRAND DUKE FRIEDRICH AUGUST</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: red"><b>My bonuses to you for reading this trivia is a photo of an earlier struck 1900-A silver 2 Mark coin authorized under the leadership of Friedrich August:</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=914187&AucID=672&Lot=2589&Val=1945dcfa446f060818100434029381ae" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=914187&AucID=672&Lot=2589&Val=1945dcfa446f060818100434029381ae" rel="nofollow"><b>OLDENBURG 1900-A SILVER 2 MARK - FRIEDRICK AUGUST</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: red"><b>and a photo of a earlier struck 1900-A 5 Mark coin:</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=911499&AucID=670&Lot=3653&Val=8e74d45de639846df6b902e08c7a6f16" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=911499&AucID=670&Lot=3653&Val=8e74d45de639846df6b902e08c7a6f16" rel="nofollow"><b>OLDENBURG 1900-A SILVER 5 MARK - FRIEDRICH AUGUST</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thought you should know</p><p><br /></p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1076057, member: 6229"]Our looking back at the coinage authorized by each of the 38 German States still in existence during the German Empire's reign (1871 - 1918) brings us to the Alphabet's letter "[B]O[/B]" which stands for [B][I]Oldenburg.[/I][/B] The last authorized coinage of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg consists of two silver coins which were authorized in 1901 under the leadership of Grand Duke Friedrich August. Both were struck at the Berlin Mint and bear the "A" mint mark. [B][U]One is a 28mm silver (0.3215 ounce ASW) 2 Mark coin (75,000 minted as business strikes and another 250 proofs were produced for collectors)[/U][/B] [URL="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=916974&AucID=674&Lot=2550&Val=fdfec2f921ca5ae92e36e6d16c4bb881"][B]OLDENBURG 1901-A SILVER ZWEI (2) MARK - GRAND DUKE FRIEDRICH AUGUST[/B][/URL] [B][U]The other is a 38mm silver (0.8037 ounce ASW) 5 Mark coin (10,000 minted as business strikes and another 170 proofs were produced for collectors)[/U][/B] [URL="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=916973&AucID=674&Lot=2549&Val=5e3dea8807b7c9fda98ceddb813bbf34"][B]OLDENBURG 1901-A SILVER FUNF (5) MARK - GRAND DUKE FRIEDRICH AUGUST[/B][/URL] [COLOR=red][B]My bonuses to you for reading this trivia is a photo of an earlier struck 1900-A silver 2 Mark coin authorized under the leadership of Friedrich August:[/B][/COLOR] [URL="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=914187&AucID=672&Lot=2589&Val=1945dcfa446f060818100434029381ae"][B]OLDENBURG 1900-A SILVER 2 MARK - FRIEDRICK AUGUST[/B][/URL] [COLOR=red][B]and a photo of a earlier struck 1900-A 5 Mark coin:[/B][/COLOR] [URL="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=911499&AucID=670&Lot=3653&Val=8e74d45de639846df6b902e08c7a6f16"][B]OLDENBURG 1900-A SILVER 5 MARK - FRIEDRICH AUGUST[/B][/URL] Thought you should know Clinker[/QUOTE]
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