Germany 1899-F mark
This specimen was lot 35497 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. Mark, 1899-F. Stuttgart Mint. Wilhelm II. NGC MS-67+." 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"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F", shown here), 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.
Recorded mintage: 393,000, a better date but not rare.
Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine silver, 24 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-14; J-17.
- 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, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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- 1899-D mark
- 1899-G mark
- Baden 1899-G 2 mark
- Baden 1899-G 5 mark
- Hesse 1899-A 2 mark
- Hesse 1899-A 5 mark
- Prussia 1899-A 2 mark
- Prussia 1899-A 5 mark Dav-789
- Reuss-Obergreiz 1899-A 2 mark
- Wurttemberg 1899-F 2 mark
- Wurttemberg 1899-F 5 mark
- Coins and currency dated 1899
- return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)