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3 Mark - William II Silver wedding anniversary
| Issuer | Württemberg, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined busts of King Wilhelm II and Queen Charlotte of Württemberg facing right in high relief, Wilhelm II depicted in military uniform with epaulettes and aiguillettes, Charlotte wearing a pearl necklace. The surrounding legend reads 'WILHELM II U. D. CHARLOTTE VON WÜRTTEMBERG' along the upper periphery, with the commemorative dates '1886 · 1911 ·' inscribed along the lower border flanking the Stuttgart Mint mark 'F'. The finely modelled portrait effigies are rendered in a naturalistic academic style characteristic of engraver Otto Hupp, set within a raised rim with a beaded inner border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the silver wedding anniversary of King Wilhelm II of Württemberg and his consort Charlotte, this 1911 commemorative was one of several such dynastic pieces produced by German states in the final years before the empire collapsed into war. Württemberg exercised its right as a constituent kingdom to strike its own commemorative coinage — a privilege that would effectively end after 1918.
The Schaaf reference places this among a documented die variety group, useful for specialists working through the considerable number of surviving examples from this issue.