Hamburg 1899-J 5 mark
This specimen was lot 38364 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hamburg. 5 Mark, 1899-J. Hamburg Mint. Free City. PCGS MS-65." This type was struck in Hamburg 1891-1904, 1907-08, 1913. Hamburg, on the North Sea, was one of two imperial free cities permitted a continued existence under the Empire of 1871; Bremen was the other. She struck silver two, three and five mark and gold ten and twenty mark until that Empire's collapse in 1918. This type is readily available in worn condition but expensive in high grade. The Hamburg mint is still in operation, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany.
Recorded mintage: 82,000, a better date.
Specification: 27.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, .803 troy oz ASW, 38 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM-610 (formerly KM 293); J-65; Dav-659.
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- 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.
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