Saxony 1901-E 5 mark

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Künker sale 354, lot 6312

This specimen was lot 6312 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$ including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"REICHSSILBERMÜNZEN, SACHSEN, Albert, 1873-1902. 5 Mark 1901. Fast Stempelglanz. (Germany, kingdom of Saxony, Albert, 1873-1902, five mark of 1901, about uncirculated.)"

This type was struck 1891-1902 and is fairly common in worn condition. The Dresden mint was moved to Muldenhutten in 1887. The Muldenhutten mint, after striking coins for the Saxon kings, later minted for the Weimar republic, the Nazis and the Communists before closing in 1953.

Recorded mintage: 158,450.

Specification: 27.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, 38 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 1246, Dav-901, J. 125.

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • 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, Künker Auktion 352: Die Sammlung Hermann Schwarz: Faszination des gepragten Goldes. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

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