Germany 1915-A mark

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This coin is a silver one mark from a type issued 1892-1916 from the Berlin (mintmark "A", shown here), Munich (mintmark "D"), Dresden, later 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.

Recorded mintage: 13,817,000, the highest mintage date.

Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, .160 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-14; J-17.

Sources:

• 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.

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• 1914-A mark
• 1914-E mark
• 1914-G mark
• 1915-D 5 pfennig, struck in iron
• 1915-J 5 pfennig
• 1915-D ½ mark
• 1915-F ½ mark
• 1915-J ½ mark
• 1915-D mark
• 1915-F mark
• 1915-G mark
• 1915-J mark
• Prussia 1915-A 3 mark, Mansfeld centennial
• Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1915-A 3 mark, without Luneburg
• Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1915-A 5 mark, without Luneburg
• Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1915-A 5 mark, with Luneburg
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1915-A 3 mark
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1915-A 5 mark
• Prussia 1915-A 20 mark
• 1916-F mark
• Coins and currency dated 1915