Germany 1936-A 5 mark KM-86
This specimen was lot 74922 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Third Reich. 5 Mark, 1936-A. Berlin Mint. PCGS MS-64. No Swastika."This type of 1935-36 marked the death of president Hindenburg. It was replaced in 1936-39 by KM 94, which had a swastika on the reverse. Though the size of a half dollar, its higher fineness meant that it contained the same amount of silver as the larger five mark of the Weimar Republic such as the Goethe commemorative (Dav-974). This type was also minted at Stuttgart ("F"), Vienna ("B"), Munich ("D"), Muldenhutten ("E"), Freudenstadt ("G"), and Hamburg ("J").
Recorded mintage: 30,611,000 plus proofs plus 8,430,000 of KM 94.
Specifications: 13.88 g, 0.900 fine silver, 29 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-86; J-360.
- 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, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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- 1935-A 5 mark, Hindenburg
- Germany 1935-F 5 mark Hindenburg
- 1936-A pfennig, wheat sheaf reverse
- 1936-D 2 pfennig, wheat sheaf reverse
- 1936-F 5 pfennig
- 1936-E 10 pfennig
- 1936-G 10 pfennig
- 1936-A 5 mark, Hindenburg, with swastika
- 1936-E 5 mark, Hindenburg, with swastika
- 1936-F 5 mark, Hindenburg, without swastika
- 1936-G 5 mark, Hindenburg, with swastika
- 1937-A 5 mark, Hindenburg, with swastika
- Coins and currency dated 1936
- return to coins of Germany, Third Reich (1933-1945)