Germany 1915-F mark

formerly in the Wildman Collection

This coin is a silver one 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 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: 13,817,000 (a common date).

Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine silver, .160 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 14.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.

Link to:

• 1914-A mark
• 1914-D mark
• 1914-E mark
• 1914-G mark
• 1915-J 5 pfennig
• 1915-D ½ mark
• 1915-J ½ mark
• 1915-G mark
• Baden 1915-G 3 mark
• Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1915-A 3 mark without Luneburg
• Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1915-A 5 mark without Luneburg
• Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1915-A 5 mark with Luneburg
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1915-A 5 mark
• Prussia 1915-A 3 mark, Mansfeld centennial
• Prussia 1915-A 20 mark
• Saxe-Meiningen 1915 3 mark, death of the duke
• 1916-F mark
• Coins and currency dated 1915
• return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)