Germany 1909-G 1/2 mark
This specimen was lot 71060 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. 1/2 Mark, 1909. Karlsruhe Mint. Wilhelm II. NGC PROOF-64. An exceedingly RARE proof, this lovely example displays crisply formed details and semi-reflective fields with just a touch of watercolor toning imbuing the reverse with charming pigmentation. A premium example for the discerning European collector." This coin is from a type issued 1905-19 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G", shown here) 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 date is scarce.
Recorded mintage: 607,000 plus a few proofs.
Specification: 2.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, .080 troy oz AGW, 20 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 17; J-16.
- 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, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
Links to:
- 1908-D ½ mark
- 1908-E ½ mark
- 1909-F 5 pfennig
- 1909-E 10 pfennig
- 1909-E 25 pfennig
- 1909-J 25 pfennig
- 1909-F ½ mark
- 1909-A mark
- 1909-D mark
- Baden 1909-G 10 mark
- Bavaria 1909-D 10 mark
- Lubeck 1909-A 10 mark
- Prussia 1909-A 10 mark
- Saxe-Meiningen 1909-D 10 mark
- Saxony 1909-E 10 mark
- Wurttemberg 1909-F 10 mark
- 1911-E ½ mark
- Coins and currency dated 1909