Saxe-Meiningen 1908-D 5 mark Dav-841

Sincona sale 18, lot 1948

This specimen was lot 1948 in Sincona sale 18 (Zürich, May 2014), where it sold for CHF 150 (about US$198 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"5 Mark 1908. München. Sehr schön-gutes sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, five mark of 1908, Munich mint, very fine to good very fine.)"

This is perhaps the most common of the few five mark issued by the duke. The gold issues of this locale are also scanty and rare.

Recorded mintage: 60,000.

Specification: 27.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, 38 mm diameter, lettered edge, this specimen 27.70 g.

Catalog reference: J. 153b. KM 201, Dav-841.

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.
• ^[1]Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2014.

Link to:

• 1902 5 mark
• 1905 20 mark
• 1908-G 5 pfennig
• 1908-G 10 pfennig
• 1908-D ½ mark
• 1908-A mark
• 1908-D mark
• Baden 1908-G 5 mark
• Bavaria 1908-D 5 mark
• Hamburg 1908-J 10 mark
• Lubeck 1908-A 3 mark
• Prussia 1908-A 2 mark
• Prussia 1908-A 5 mark Dav-789
• Prussia 1908-A 20 mark
• Saxe-Meiningen 1908-D 3 mark
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1908 2 mark Jena University
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1908-A 5 mark Jena University
• Saxony 1908-E 5 mark
• 1909 10 mark
• 1910 20 mark
• Saxe-Meiningen 1915 3 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1908
• return to coins of German States, Saxe-Meiningen