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100 Greatest Modern World Coins Series: Württemberg 1913-F Gold 20 Marks, Proof

An empire established, a unified federation under one rule, and the ability to maintain individual sovereignty is the reason we are able to talk about the coin today as presented by Whitman Publishing’s 100 Greatest Modern World Coins. With help as always from authors Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker, they will take us through this rarity from across the globe and how it came to be.

#46 - Württemberg 1913-F Gold 20 Marks, Proof

Founded in 1871, the German Empire brought together the German states under one ruler (emperor or kaiser), Prussian King Wilhelm. All the states (or individual kingdoms and free cities) maintained their own sovereignty but recognized the kaiser in Berlin. When the Imperial Coinage Acts of 1871 and 1873 were passed, they did not recognize or prioritize the establishment...read more