Hamburg 1901-J 5 mark

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Künker Auction 425, lot 2403

This specimen was lot 2403 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,275 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN AB 1871 · REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, HAMBURG Freie und Hansestadt. 5 Mark 1901. Prachtexemplar. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, free city of Hamburg, five mark of 1901. Cabinet example, about uncirculated.)"

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: 171,603, 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), Dav-659, J. 65.

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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

Link to:

Retrieved from "https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=Hamburg_1901-J_5_mark&oldid=566068"