Germany 1901-F mark
This specimen was lot 74889 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. Mark, 1901-F. Stuttgart Mint. Wilhelm II. PCGS MS-65." This coin is a silver one mark from a type issued 1896-1903 from the Berlin (mintmark "A") and Stuttgart (mintmark "F") 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 tho the 1901-F is eleven times the price of the 1915-A.
Recorded mintage: 802,000, a somewhat better date.
Specifications: 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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- 1901-A 50 pfennig
- Anhalt 1901-A 10 mark
- Anhalt 1901-A 20 mark
- Baden 1901-G 10 mark
- Bavaria 1901-D 5 mark
- Hesse 1901-A 20 mark
- Lubeck 1901-A 10 mark
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1901-A 2 mark
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1901-A 10 mark
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1901-A 20 mark
- Hamburg 1901-J 5 mark
- Oldenburg 1901-A 5 mark
- Prussia 1901-A 5 mark Dav-789
- Prussia 1901-A 5 mark Dav-790
- Saxe-Altenburg 1901-A 2 mark
- Saxe-Altenburg 1901-A 5 mark Dav-815
- Saxe-Meiningen 1901-D 2 mark
- Saxe-Meiningen 1901-D 5 mark
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1901-A 20 mark
- Württemberg 1901 5 mark
- Wurttemberg 1901-F 10 mark
- 1902-A mark
- 1902-J mark
- Coins and currency dated 1901
- return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)