Germany 1922-A 3 mark KM-29
This specimen was lot 44458 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $55. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. 3 Mark, 1922-A. Berlin Mint. PCGS MS-65 Gold Shield. A fully lustrous and pleasing aluminum issue, struck for the 3rd Anniversary of the Weimar Constitution." This coin is an aluminum three mark from a type issued 1922-23 only from six mints, including the Berlin (mintmark "A") mint. 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. Soon after this issue, the German mark collapsed completely, destroying the savings of the German middle class and radicalizing it.
Recorded mintage: 32,514,000 plus 15,497,000 of KM 28.
Specification: 2.03 g, aluminum.
Catalog reference: KM-29; J-302.
- 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 August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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