Hamburg 1902-J 5 mark
This specimen was lot 70701 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hamburg. 5 Mark, 1902-J. Hamburg Mint. NGC MS-62. This dazzling Mint State piece boasts amber and violet undertones, though the lustrous fields are mainly argent. Well struck, it is from an excellently engraved type that presents much detail to be examined under magnification." This type was struck in Hamburg 1891-1913. Hamburg, on the North Sea, was one of three imperial free cities permitted a continued existence under the Empire of 1871; Bremen and Lübeck were the others. 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: 294,034.
Specification: 27.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, .803 troy oz ASW, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM-610; J-65; Dav-659.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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