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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]]
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* [[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]]
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* [[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

from the Wildman Collection
Germany 1915D half mark rev JK.jpg

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.

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.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.

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