Germany 1922-J 3 mark KM-29
This specimen was lot 44459 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. 3 Mark, 1922-J. Hamburg Mint. PCGS MS-65 Gold Shield. Struck for the Third Anniversary of the Weimar Constitution. A lustrous Gem with bright metallic toning." This coin is an aluminum three mark from a type issued 1922-23 only from six mints, including the Hamburg (mintmark "J") 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: 4,896,000.
Specification: 2.03 g, aluminum.
Catalog reference: KM-29; J-303.
- 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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- 1922-E 50 pfennig
- 1922-A 3 mark
- 1922-E 3 mark, regular issue
- 1922-E 3 mark
- 1922-G 3 mark, third anniversary of the Weimar Republic
- 1923-E 3 mark
- 1923-F 10 pfennig
- 1923-F 50 pfennig
- 1923-A 200 mark
- 1923-D 200 mark
- 1923-E 200 mark
- 1923-F 500 mark
- 1923-G 500 mark
- 1923-J 500 mark
- Coins and currency dated 1922