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[[Image:E Germany 1966 10 mark rev Stacks 711-1566.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's Bowers]]
 
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This issue from the Communist regime of East Germany commemorates the 125th anniversary of the death of painter Karl Friedrich Schinkel. This standard was used for several commemoratives issues 1966-67; those issued 1968-75 were .625 fine and those of 1975-90 were only .500 fine. A number of copper-nickel types were also issued for circulation.
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This issue from the Communist regime of East Germany commemorates the 125th anniversary of the death of painter Karl Friedrich Schinkel. This standard was used for several commemoratives issues 1966-67; those issued 1968-75 were 0.625 fine and those of 1975-90 were only 0.500 fine. A number of copper-nickel types were also issued for circulation.
  
''Specification:'' 17 g, .800 fine silver, .437 troy oz ASW, edge lettered 10 MARK DER DEUTSCHEN NOTEN BANK. The edge lettering was left off a few by mistake; these appear in the SCWC as KM 15.2.
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''Specification:'' 17 g, 0.800 fine silver, .437 troy oz ASW, edge lettered 10 MARK DER DEUTSCHEN NOTEN BANK. The edge lettering was left off a few by mistake; these appear in the SCWC as KM 15.2.
  
 
''Mintage:'' 50,000.
 
''Mintage:'' 50,000.
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
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* 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.
 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
 
* Van Valen, Frank, and Vicken Yegparian, ''The July 2011 Coin Galleries Sale,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, 2011.
 
* Van Valen, Frank, and Vicken Yegparian, ''The July 2011 Coin Galleries Sale,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, 2011.
  
 
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* [[East Germany 1966 20 mark|1966 20 mark, 250th anniversary of the death of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]]
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* [[East Germany 1970 10 mark]], Ludwig van Beethoven
 
* [[East Germany 1971 20 mark KM-32|1971 20 mark]]
 
* [[East Germany 1971 20 mark KM-32|1971 20 mark]]
* [[East Germany 1974-A 10 mark KM-50|1974-A 10 mark, 25th anniversar of the regime]]
 
 
* return to coins of [[Germany, East Germany]]
 
* return to coins of [[Germany, East Germany]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1966]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1966]]
  
 
[[Category: Selections from Stack's July 2011 Coin Galleries sale]]
 
[[Category: Selections from Stack's July 2011 Coin Galleries sale]]

Latest revision as of 09:58, 16 July 2025

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers

This issue from the Communist regime of East Germany commemorates the 125th anniversary of the death of painter Karl Friedrich Schinkel. This standard was used for several commemoratives issues 1966-67; those issued 1968-75 were 0.625 fine and those of 1975-90 were only 0.500 fine. A number of copper-nickel types were also issued for circulation.

Specification: 17 g, 0.800 fine silver, .437 troy oz ASW, edge lettered 10 MARK DER DEUTSCHEN NOTEN BANK. The edge lettering was left off a few by mistake; these appear in the SCWC as KM 15.2.

Mintage: 50,000.

Catalog reference: KM 15.1.

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.
  • Van Valen, Frank, and Vicken Yegparian, The July 2011 Coin Galleries Sale, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, 2011.

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