Germany 1923-E 200 mark
This specimen was lot 4399 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €70 (about US$94 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"WELTKRIEG UND INFLATION, 200 Mark 1923, E. Polierte Platte. (Germany, Weimar republic, 200 mark of 1923, proof.)"
This coin is an aluminum 200 mark from a type issued 1923 only from six mints, including Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"). 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: 11,250,000 plus 4,095 proofs.
Specification: 1.67 g, aluminum, 27.1 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: J. 304. KM 36.
- 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017.
Link to:
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- 1923-F 10 pfennig
- 1923-F 50 pfennig
- 1923-A 200 mark
- 1923-D 200 mark
- 1923-F 500 mark
- 1923-G 500 mark
- 1923-J 500 mark
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- return to coins of Germany, Weimar Republic (1918-1933)