Germany 1988-F 5 mark

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was produced at four mints (Munich, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe and Hamburg) for 1975-2001. The prior type was silver. The Stuttgart mint mark was "F". The last issue for circulation was in 1994 and the type was retired in 2002 with the coming of the euro. The five mark was used for many commemoratives 1952-86.

Recorded mintage: 13,800,000 + 45,000 proofs.

Specification: 10 g, copper-nickel plated nickel, 29 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM 140.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1979-G 5 mark, Otto Hahn, struck in silver
• 1986-G 2 pfennig
• 1986-D 10 pfennig
• 1986-F mark
• 1987-F pfennig
• 1987-F 50 pfennig
• 1988-F 5 pfennig
• 1988-F 2 mark, Kurt Schumacher
• 1989-J mark
• Coins and currency dated 1988
• return to Germany, West Germany