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| − | This specimen was lot 6130 in Künker sale 354 ( | + | This specimen was lot 6130 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €26,000 (about US$36,184 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''REICHSKLEINMÜNZEN, 1 Mark 1905, F. Von größter Seltenheit. Sehr schön +.'' ([[Germany]], one mark of 1905, very rare, very fine or better.)"</blockquote> This coin is a silver mark from a type issued 1891-1916 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F", shown here), 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 one mark was struck until 1916. This date is unpriced in the SCWC. The pre-war silver marks are not rare but the 1914-16 issues were almost completely hoarded, making them common today in all grades. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,255,000 for 1904-05 (nearly all 1904). | ''Recorded mintage:'' 1,255,000 for 1904-05 (nearly all 1904). | ||
Revision as of 15:19, 28 November 2024
This specimen was lot 6130 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €26,000 (about US$36,184 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REICHSKLEINMÜNZEN, 1 Mark 1905, F. Von größter Seltenheit. Sehr schön +. (Germany, one mark of 1905, very rare, very fine or better.)"
This coin is a silver mark from a type issued 1891-1916 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F", shown here), 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 one mark was struck until 1916. This date is unpriced in the SCWC. The pre-war silver marks are not rare but the 1914-16 issues were almost completely hoarded, making them common today in all grades.
Recorded mintage: 1,255,000 for 1904-05 (nearly all 1904).
Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine silver, 24 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 14, J. 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.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.
Link to:
- 1904-A mark
- 1904-G mark
- 1905-F 10 pfennig
- 1905-D ½ mark
- 1905-F ½ mark
- Baden 1905-G 2 mark
- Bavaria 1905-D 10 mark
- Bavaria 1905-D 20 mark
- Hamburg 1905-J 10 mark
- Hesse 1905-A 20 mark
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1905 A 2 mark
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1905-A 10 mark
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1905-A 20 mark
- Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1905-A 2 mark
- Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1905-A 10 mark
- Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1905-A 20 mark
- Saxe-Meiningen 1905-D 20 mark
- Saxony 1905-E 20 mark
- Saxony 1905-E 2 mark
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1905 2 mark, 25th anniversary of reign
- Wurttemberg 1905-F 10 mark
- Wurttemberg 1905-F 20 mark
- 1906-F mark
- Coins and currency dated 1905
- return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)