Germany 1893-E mark
This specimen was lot 31513 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "Germany: Wilhelm II Proof Mark 1893-E PR68 PCGS, Muldenhutten mint. Very rare as a proof, and currently this is the only example we know of circulating in the market. Flawless surfaces with light cameo contrast; overall quite exceptional and as close to perfect as one could hope. From the Feeling Good Collection." This coin is a silver one mark from a type issued 1891-1916 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Dresden, later Muldenhutten (mintmark "E", shown here), 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. This is a rather better date.
Recorded mintage: 224,000.
Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine silver, 24 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 14.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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- 1892-F mark
- 1892-G mark
- 1892-J mark
- 1893-A mark
- 1893-F mark
- Bavaria 1893-D 10 mark
- Hesse 1893-A 10 mark
- Hesse 1893-A 20 mark
- Prussia 1893-A 2 mark
- Prussia 1893-A 10 mark
- Saxony 1893-E 2 mark
- Wurttemberg 1893-F 2 mark
- Wurttemberg 1893-F 5 mark Dav-964
- 1894-G mark
- Coins and currency dated 1893
- return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)