Germany 1925-A 3 mark

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Stephen Album sale 32, lot 1256
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This specimen was lot 1256 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $164.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR 3 mark, 1925-A, 1000th Year of the Rhineland, NGC graded PF63 CAM." This type was the first commemorative three mark struck by the Weimar Republic, which would use this denomination to issue numerous commemoratives until 1932. The Rhineland, then under French occupation, was a sensitive topic among patriotic Germans.

Recorded mintage: 3,052,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 15 g, 0.500 fine silver, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-46.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

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