Germany 1928-D 5 mark Dav-966

Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7105

This specimen was lot 7105 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $576. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Weimar Republic. 5 Mark, 1928-D. Munich Mint. PCGS MS-66. A stunning, prooflike Gem, with flashy field luster, bold strike, and virtually no toning. From the Little Acorn Collection." This type, issued 1927-33, was struck in large numbers in Berlin ("A"), Munich ("D", shown here), Muldenhutten ("E"), Stuttgart ("F"), Karlsruhe ("G") and Hamburg ("J"). It is, however, expensive; perhaps they were melted during World War Two. We have included it in our category of thalers based on its size, even tho it is only .500 fine.

Recorded mintage: 4,613,000, a slightly better date.

Specification: 25 g, .500 fine silver, .401 troy oz ASW, 37 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dav-966, KM-56; J-331.

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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

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• 1928-A pfennig
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• 1928-D 3 mark Dinkelsbühl
• 1928-A 5 mark, oak tree
• 1929-F 5 mark, Lessing bicentennial
• Coins and currency dated 1928
• return to coins of Germany, Weimar Republic (1918-1933)