Saxony 1903-E 5 mark Dav-903

Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 3754

This specimen was lot 3754 in Stack's-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $616.88. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Saxony. 5 Mark, 1903-E. NGC MS-64. Toned with areas of bright luster. From the Rockaway Collection." This type of 1903-04 is somewhat scarcer than the death commemoratives issued at the time, such as Dav-904.

Recorded mintage: 536,298 plus 50 proofs.

Specification: 27.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, .798 troy oz AGW, 38 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1258, Dav-903.

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.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

Link to:

• 1902 5 mark, regular issue
• 1902 5 mark, Death of king Albert
• 1903 2 mark
• Baden 1903-G 5 mark
• Prussia 1903 5 mark
• Saxe-Altenburg 1903-A 5 mark
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1903-A 5 mark
• Waldeck-Pyrmont 1903-A 5 mark
• Wurttemberg 1903-F 5 mark
• 1903 10 mark
• Saxony 1904-E 5 mark Dav-904
• Coins and currency dated 1903
• return to coins of German States, Saxony