Germany 1924-D mark

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 2618

This specimen was lot 2618 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR mark, 1924-D, fully lustrous, lightly toned, two-year type, Choice Unc." The rentenmark and its subdivision the rentenpfennig were used 1923-24. Many issues minted during that time are today rare altho this type is only scarce. This denomination was superseded by a one mark (KM 44) struck 1925-27.

Recorded mintage: 17,099,000 per the SCWC, 9,216,591 per Numista.

Specification: 5 g, 0.500 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, decorated edge, engraved by Reinhard Kullrich.

Catalog reference: KM-42, J-311.

Source:

• 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1924-A 2 rentenpfennig
• 1924-E 5 rentenpfennig
• 1924-F 5 rentenpfennig
• 1924-A 50 rentenpfennig
• 1924-A 50 reichsfennig
• 1924-G mark
• 1924-J mark
• 1924-A 3 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1924