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This specimen was lot 3042 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $102. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]: Kaiserreich, AR 1/2 mark, 1916-G, a fantastic example with blazing luster, tied for the finest example at PCGS (2/0), PCGS graded MS67." This coin is from a type issued 1905-19 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 [[Baden 1905-G 2 mark|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. This date is one of the issues of 1914-19 which were hoarded.
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This specimen was lot 3042 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $102. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Germany|GERMANY]]: Kaiserreich, AR 1/2 mark, 1916-G, a fantastic example with blazing luster, tied for the finest example at PCGS (2/0), PCGS graded MS67." This coin is from a type issued 1905-19 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G", shown here) and Hamburg (mintmark "J") mints. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of [[Saxe-Meiningen 1915 2 mark|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. This date is one of the issues of 1914-19 which were hoarded.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,779,000, a fairly common date.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,779,000, a fairly common date.
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* [[Germany 1915-F 1/2 mark|1915-F ½ mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1915-F 1/2 mark|1915-F ½ mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1915-J 1/2 mark|1915-J ½ mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1915-J 1/2 mark|1915-J ½ mark]]
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* [[Germany 1916-E pfennig|1916-E pfennig]]
 
* [[Germany 1916-A 2 kopeks|1916-A 2 kopeks, military occupation coinage]]
 
* [[Germany 1916-A 2 kopeks|1916-A 2 kopeks, military occupation coinage]]
 
* [[Germany 1916-J 2 kopeks|1916-J 2 kopeks, military occupation coinage]]
 
* [[Germany 1916-J 2 kopeks|1916-J 2 kopeks, military occupation coinage]]
 
* [[Germany 1916-A 3 kopeks|1916-A 3 kopeks, military occupation coinage]]
 
* [[Germany 1916-A 3 kopeks|1916-A 3 kopeks, military occupation coinage]]
 
* [[Germany 1916-E pfennig|1916-E pfennig]]
 
* [[Germany 1916-E pfennig|1916-E pfennig]]
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* [[Germany 1916-A 1/2 mark|1916-A ½ mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1916-D 1/2 mark|1916-D ½ mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1916-D 1/2 mark|1916-D ½ mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1916-E 1/2 mark|1916-E ½ mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1916-E 1/2 mark|1916-E ½ mark]]

Latest revision as of 12:28, 1 May 2025

Steve Album sale 51, lot 3042

This specimen was lot 3042 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $102. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY: Kaiserreich, AR 1/2 mark, 1916-G, a fantastic example with blazing luster, tied for the finest example at PCGS (2/0), PCGS graded MS67." This coin is from a type issued 1905-19 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G", shown here) 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. This date is one of the issues of 1914-19 which were hoarded.

Recorded mintage: 1,779,000, a fairly common date.

Specification: 2.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-17, J-16.

Source:

  • Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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