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Revision as of 10:06, 31 March 2025
This five mark piece was issued from the Muldenhutten mint for king Albert of Saxony in 1898. His younger brother Georg survived him by only two years, to be succeeded by his son Friedrich Albert III in 1904. This type, struck 1891-1902, is rather scarce.
Recorded mintage: 160,000.
Specification: 27.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, .803 troy oz ASW, 38 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM 1246, Dav-901.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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