Baden 1906-G 5 mark Dav-536

Ponterio sale 168, lot 50432

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 50432 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $266. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Baden. 5 Mark, 1906. NGC MS-63. Golden Wedding Anniversary." This type, issued 1906 only, is fairly common. This design was also sued on a two mark of 1906.

Recorded mintage: 60,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: 27.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, 38 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dav-936; KM-277.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

Link to:

• 1903 5 mark
• 1906-A 5 pfennig
• 1906-E 10 pfennig
• 1906-E ½ mark
• 1906-G ½ mark
• 1906-F mark
• 1906 2 mark, regular issue
• 1906 2 mark, wedding anniversary
• Bavaria 1906-D 5 mark
• Bremen 1906-J 5 mark Dav-630
• Prussia 1906 5 mark
• 1906 10 mark
• 1907 5 mark
• return to coinage of German States, Baden-Durlach
• Coins and currency dated 1906