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[[Image:Germany 1929E 5 mark Sincona 9-04164.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 9, lot 4164]]

This specimen was lot 4164 in Sincona sale 9 (Zürich, October 2012), where it sold for 475 CHF (about US$601 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''DEUTSCHLAND Weimarer Republik 5 Reichsmark 1929, Muldenhütten. 1000 Jahre Burg und Stadt Meissen. Polierte Platte. Fast FDC/FDC.'' ([[Germany]], Weimar Republic, five reichsmark of 1929, Muldenhütten mint, millennium of the city of Meissen. Proof.)"</blockquote>  This type, issued 1929, was struck in Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"). It is among the scarcer of the Weimar commemoratives. We have included it in our category of thalers based on its size, even tho it is only 0.500 fine. 

''Recorded mintage:'' 120,000 plus a few proofs.

''Specification:'' 25 g, 0.500 fine silver, 37 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference:'' J. 339. KM 66, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-970]]. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Jaeger, Kurt, ''Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871,'' Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.
* <sup>[2]</sup>''Numismatic Coins, Medals, Banknotes & Books: Auction 9,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2012. 

''Link to:''
* [[Germany 1927-A 5 mark Dav-967|1927-A 5 mark, Bremerhaven centennial]]
* [[Germany 1927-F 5 mark Dav-968|1927-F 5 mark, Tubingen University]]
* [[Germany 1929-E 5 mark Dav-966|1929-E 5 mark, oak tree]]
* [[Germany 1929-F rentenpfennig|1929-F rentenpfennig]]
* [[Germany 1929-A 3 mark KM-62|1929-A 3 mark, union of Waldeck and Prussia]]
* [[Germany 1929-A 3 mark KM-63|1929-A 3 mark, 10th Anniversary of the Weimar Constitution]]
* [[Germany 1929-E 3 mark KM-65|1929-E 3 mark, Meissen millennium]]
* [[Germany 1929-J 3 mark KM-60|1929-J 3 mark, Lessing bicentennial]]
* [[Germany 1929-A 5 mark Dav-966|1929-A 5 mark, oak tree]]
* [[Germany 1929-A 5 mark Dav-969|1929-A 5 mark, Lessing bicentennial]]
* [[Germany 1929-A 5 mark Dav-971|1929-A 5 mark, Hindenburg]]
* [[Germany 1929-D 5 mark Dav-971|1929-D 5 mark, Hindenburg]]
* [[Germany 1929-F 5 mark Dav-971|1929-F 5 mark, Hindenburg]]
* [[Germany 1929-F 5 mark Dav-969|1929-F 5 mark, Lessing bicentennial]]
* [[Germany 1929-J 5 mark Dav-969|1929-J 5 mark, Lessing bicentennial]]
* [[Germany 1930-A 5 mark Dav-973|1930-A 5 mark, liberation of the Rhineland]]
* [[Germany 1930-D 5 mark Dav-973|1930-D 5 mark, liberation of the Rhineland]]
* [[Germany 1930-E 5 mark Dav-973|1930-E 5 mark, liberation of the Rhineland]]
* [[Germany 1930-A 5 mark Dav-972|1930-A 5 mark, Zeppelin]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1929]]
* return to coins of [[Germany, Weimar Republic (1918-1933)]]

[[Category: Silver thalers of Germany]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 7, 8, 9]]