Germany 1935-J mark

Stack's Bowers 2026 ANA sale, lot 45950

This specimen was lot 45950 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $109. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Mark, 1935-J. Hamburg Mint. PCGS MS-62." Altho technically an issue of Nazi Germany, the design makes no reference to the new regime and was probably prepared before Hitler took over. It was struck 1933-39 at six mints.

Recorded mintage: 3,621,000, a somewhat scarce date.

Specification: 4.85 g, nickel, 23 mm diameter, decorated edge.

Catalog reference: KM-78; J-354.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.

Link to:

• 1933-A mark
• 1935-A 50 pfennig
• 1935-A 5 mark, Hindenburg
• 1935-F 5 mark, Hindenburg
• 1935-F 5 mark, Potsdam Garrison Church
• 1936-G 10 pfennig, wheat sheaf reverse
• 1936-G 10 pfennig, swastika reverse
• 1939-B mark
• 1939-G mark
• Coins and currency dated 1935
• return to coins of Germany, Third Reich (1933-1945)