Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 2041. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Preußen. AV 20 Mark Proof (7.96 g). Berlin mint. Incuse Berlin mintmark (crowned eagle with wings spread, holding scepter and globus cruciger), 900 below / Blank. Cf. Jäger 179. EF.

The weight (7.96g) and fineness (.900) of this gold 20 Mark proof suggest it was produced during the period 1871-1915 at the Berlin mint. A similar example sold in Künker 199 (1 February 2007), lot 467 for 1100 EUR.