Difference between revisions of "Germany 1915-D 1/2 mark"
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This coin is a silver half mark from a type issued 1905-19 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J") mints. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of [[Prussia 1913-A 2 mark KM 532|two mark]] and up were permitted for the formerly independent principalities while the lower denominations (one pfennig thru one mark) were minted to a unified design. The pre-war silver half marks are not rare but the 1915-19 issues were almost completely hoarded, making them common today in all grades. | This coin is a silver half mark from a type issued 1905-19 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J") mints. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of [[Prussia 1913-A 2 mark KM 532|two mark]] and up were permitted for the formerly independent principalities while the lower denominations (one pfennig thru one mark) were minted to a unified design. The pre-war silver half marks are not rare but the 1915-19 issues were almost completely hoarded, making them common today in all grades. | ||
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* [[Germany 1914-A mark|1914-A mark]] | * [[Germany 1914-A mark|1914-A mark]] | ||
* [[Germany 1915-J 5 pfennig|1915-J 5 pfennig]] | * [[Germany 1915-J 5 pfennig|1915-J 5 pfennig]] | ||
| + | * [[Germany 1915-J 1/2 mark|1915-J ½ mark]] | ||
* [[Germany 1915-D mark|1915-D mark]] | * [[Germany 1915-D mark|1915-D mark]] | ||
* [[Germany 1915-F mark|1915-F mark]] | * [[Germany 1915-F mark|1915-F mark]] | ||
* [[Germany 1915-G mark|1915-G mark]] | * [[Germany 1915-G mark|1915-G mark]] | ||
* [[Germany 1916-D 1/2 mark|1916-D ½ mark]] | * [[Germany 1916-D 1/2 mark|1916-D ½ mark]] | ||
| + | * [[Germany 1916-E 1/2 mark|1916-E ½ mark]] | ||
* [[Germany 1917-A 1 pfennig|1917-A pfennig]] | * [[Germany 1917-A 1 pfennig|1917-A pfennig]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1915]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1915]] | ||
Revision as of 17:45, 5 May 2022
This coin is a silver half mark from a type issued 1905-19 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J") mints. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of two mark and up were permitted for the formerly independent principalities while the lower denominations (one pfennig thru one mark) were minted to a unified design. The pre-war silver half marks are not rare but the 1915-19 issues were almost completely hoarded, making them common today in all grades.
Recorded mintage: 5,117,000 (a common date).
Specification: 2.77 g, .900 fine silver, .080 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 17.
- 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.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
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