Hamburg 1909-J 3 mark
This specimen was lot 72210 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Hamburg. 3 Mark, 1909-J. Hamburg Mint. Free City. PCGS MS-65. This pleasant Gem displays rich details and a really quite wholesome allure. A very pleasant and pretty specimen." This type was struck 1908-14 and all dates are common. The three mark was not part of the original imperial coinage, the leftover vereinsthalers from before unification filling that role. By 1908, these were becoming worn out, so this denomination was introduced. Silver coinage in Germany did not survive wartime inflation.
Recorded mintage: 1,388,892, highest mintage date.
Specification: 16.67 g, 0.900 fine silver, 33 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM-620; J-640, Dav-473.
- 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, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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