Germany 1929-A 5 mark Dav-966

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 38428

This specimen was lot 38428 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Weimar Republic. 5 Mark, 1929-A. Berlin Mint. PCGS MS-66. Oak Tree type." This type was minted in large quantities 1927-32 from six mints yet is today scarce. It seems likely most were melted without ever leaving government vaults.

Recorded mintage: 6,730,000.

Specification: 25 g, 0.500 fine silver, 37 mm diameter, .401 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Dav-966, KM-56; J-331.

Source:

• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• 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, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• 1928-A 5 mark, oak tree
• 1928-D 5 mark, oak tree
• 1929-F rentenpfennig
• 1929-A 3 mark, union of Waldeck and Prussia
• 1929-A 3 mark, 10th Anniversary of the Weimar Constitution
• 1929-E 3 mark, Meissen millennium
• 1929-J 3 mark, Lessing bicentennial
• 1929-A 5 mark, Lessing bicentennial
• 1929-A 5 mark, Hindenburg
• 1929-D 5 mark, Hindenburg
• 1929-F 5 mark, Hindenburg
• 1929-E 5 mark, oak tree
• 1929-E 5 mark, Meissen millennium
• 1929-F 5 mark, Lessing bicentennial
• 1929-J 5 mark, Lessing bicentennial
• 1930-A 5 mark, oak tree
• 1930-A 5 mark, Zeppelin flight
• 1930-A 5 mark, liberation of the Rhineland
• 1930-D 5 mark, liberation of the Rhineland
• 1930-E 5 mark, liberation of the Rhineland
• 1930-G 5 mark, oak tree
• 1930-J 5 mark, oak tree
• Coins and currency dated 1929