Germany 1935-F 5 mark

Ponterio sale 177, lot 34753

This specimen was lot 34753 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $603. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. 5 Reichsmark, 1935-F. Stuttgart Mint. NGC PROOF-66 ULTRA CAMEO. Hindenburg." This type of 1935-36 makes no reference to the newly installed Nazi regime; the issue of 1936-39 (KM 94) added a swastika to the reverse. Though the size of a half dollar, its higher fineness meant that it contained the same amount of silver as the larger five mark of the Weimar Republic such as the Goethe commemorative (Dav-974). This type was also minted at Munich ("D"), Muldenhutten ("E"), Berlin ("A"), Karlsruhe ("G") and Hamburg ("J").

Recorded mintage: 4,372,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 13.88 g, 0.900 fine silver, .401 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-86.

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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.

Link to:

• Germany 1933-A 5 mark
• Germany 1935-A 50 pfennig
• 1935-A 5 mark, Hindenburg
• Germany 1936-A 5 mark KM-94 Hindenburg/swastika
• 1936-G 5 mark, Hindenburg/swastika
• Coins and currency dated 1935
• return to coins of Germany, Third Reich (1933-1945)