Germany 1896-D mark
This coin is a silver one mark from a type issued 1891-1916 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D", shown here), 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 2505 in Goldberg sale 100 (Los Angeles, September 2017), where it sold for $141. The catalog description[1] noted, "Germany. Mark, 1896-D. Light golden tone. PCGS graded MS-65."
Recorded mintage: 708,000, a somewhat better date.
Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine silver, .160 troy oz ASW.
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]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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- 1894-G mark
- 1896-G 5 pfennig
- 1896-G 5 pfennig
- 1896-A 50 pfennig
- 1896-F mark
- 1896-G mark
- Anhalt 1896-A 5 mark
- Bavaria 1896-D 2 mark
- Bavaria 1896-D 5 mark
- Anhalt 1896-A 10 mark
- Anhalt 1896-A 20 mark
- Hamburg 1896-J 10 mark
- Hesse 1896-A 10 mark
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1896-A 20 mark
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1896-A 2 mark
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1896-A 20 mark
- 1899-D mark
- Coins and currency dated 1896
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