Hamburg 1905-J 10 mark

formerly in the Wildman Collection

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. The Hamburg mint is still in operation, striking coins for the Federal Republic of Germany. This type was struck 1890-1913 while Hamburg was part of the Empire, the collapse of which ended the last local coinages. Proofs exist for some dates but not 1905.

Recorded mintage: 164,000.

Specification: 3.98 g, 0.900 fine gold, .115 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 608, Fr-3781.

Source:

• 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.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.

Link to:

• 1877 gold 5 mark
• 1903 10 mark
• 1905-E pfennig
• 1905-F 10 pfennig
• 1905-A ½ mark
• 1905-D ½ mark
• 1905-F ½ mark
• 1905-F mark
• 1902 2 mark
• Bavaria 1905-D 10 mark
• Lubeck 1905-A 10 mark
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1905-A 10 mark
• Prussia 1905-A 10 mark
• Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1905-A 10 mark
• Wurttemberg 1905-F 10 mark
• 1908 10 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1905
• return to coins of German States, Hamburg