Germany 1874-D mark
This coin is a silver one mark from a type issued 1873-87 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D", shown here), Dresden, later Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J") mints. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of two mark and up were permitted for the formerly independent principalities while the lower denominations (one pfennig thru one mark) were minted to a unified design. The pre-war silver marks are not rare but the 1914-16 issues were almost completely hoarded, making them common today in all grades. This specimen was lot 2503 in Goldberg sale 100 (Los Angeles, September 2017), where it sold for $164.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Germany. Mark, 1874-D. PCGS graded MS-65."
Recorded mintage: 7,079,000, a common date.
Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine silver, .160 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-7.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 100: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2017.
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- 1873-A mark
- 1873-F mark
- 1874-H pfennig
- 1874-A 5 pfennig
- 1874-F 5 pfennig
- 1874-E 10 pfennig
- 1874-F 10 pfennig
- 1874-A 20 pfennig
- 1874-G 20 pfennig
- 1874-H 20 pfennig
- 1874-G mark
- 1874-H mark
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1874-A 10 mark
- Oldenburg 1874-B 10 mark
- Prussia 1874-A 5 mark
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1874-A 20 mark
- Saxony 1874-E 20 mark
- Schaumburg-Lippe 1874-B 20 mark
- 1875-A mark
- 1875-B mark
- 1875-C mark
- 1875-D mark
- 1875-F mark
- 1875-J mark
- Coins and currency dated 1874
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