Germany 1875-D mark
This specimen was lot 75121 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. Mark, 1875-D. Munich Mint. Wilhelm I. NGC MS-67. A lovely Superb Gem survivor of this early German Empire Mark, awash with bright flash and overall icy white with just a tinge of golden tone." This coin is a silver mark from a type issued 1873-87 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Hannover (mintmark "B", closed 1878), Frankfurt (mintmark "C", closed 1878), Munich (mintmark "D", shown here), Dresden (mintmark "E", moved to Muldenhutten in 1887), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G"), Darmstadt (mintmark "H", closed 1876) 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 one mark was struck until 1916. This date is scarce only in choice condition. The pre-war silver marks are not rare but the 1914-16 issues were almost completely hoarded, making them common today in all grades.
Recorded mintage: 7,538,281, a common date.
Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-7; J-9.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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- 1874-D mark
- 1874-G mark
- 1875-C pfennig
- 1875-F pfennig
- 1875-B 2 pfennig
- 1875-E 5 pfennig
- 1875-A 10 pfennig
- 1875-D 50 pfennig
- 1875-H 50 pfennig
- 1875-J 50 pfennig
- 1875-A mark
- 1875-B mark
- 1875-C mark
- 1875-F mark
- 1875-J mark
- Bavaria 1875-D 5 mark
- Hamburg 1875-J 5 mark
- Wurttemberg 1875-F 5 mark
- Wurttemberg 1875-F 10 mark
- Anhalt 1875-A 20 mark
- Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1875-A 20 mark
- Prussia 1875-A 20 mark
- Reuss 1875-B 20 mark
- 1876-J mark
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