Germany 1904-A mark
This specimen was lot 55915 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. Mark, 1904-A. Berlin Mint. Wilhelm II. PCGS MS-66." This coin is a silver one mark from a type issued 1891-1916 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), 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 tho the 1904-A is nine times the price of the 1915-A.
Recorded mintage: 3,243,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, 0.160 troy oz ASW.
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.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
Link to:
- 1903-A mark
- 1903-D mark
- 1903-G mark
- 1904-A 5 pfennig
- 1904-A 10 pfennig
- 1904-G mark
- Anhalt 1904-A 2 mark
- Bavaria 1904-D 2 mark
- Bremen 1904-J 2 mark
- Hesse 1904 2 mark
- Lubeck 1904-A 2 mark
- Saxony 1904-E 2 mark KM-1261
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1904-A 2 mark
- Schaumburg-Lippe 1904-A 2 mark
- Wurttemberg 1904-F 2 mark
- Saxony 1904-E 2 mark KM-1261
- Anhalt 1904-A 20 mark
- 1905-F mark
- Coins and currency dated 1904
- return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)