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''Recorded mintage:'' 5,117,000 (a common date).
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 5,117,000 (a common date).
  
''Specification:'' 2.77 g, .900 fine silver, .080 troy oz ASW.
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''Specification:'' 2.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, .080 troy oz ASW.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 17.
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 17.
  
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
 
* Jaeger, Kurt, ''Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871,'' Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
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* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
 
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954.
 
* Craig, William D., ''[[Germany|Germanic]] Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II,'' Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  
 
''Link to:''
 
''Link to:''
* [[Germany 1913-D 1/2 mark|1913-D ½ mark]]
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* [[Germany 1914-A 1/2 mark|1914-A ½ mark]]
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* [[Germany 1914-J 1/2 mark|1914-J ½ mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1914-A mark|1914-A mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1914-A mark|1914-A mark]]
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* [[Germany 1915-D 5 pfennig KM-19|1915-D 5 pfennig, struck in iron]]
 
* [[Germany 1915-J 5 pfennig|1915-J 5 pfennig]]
 
* [[Germany 1915-J 5 pfennig|1915-J 5 pfennig]]
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* [[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 1915-A mark|1915-A mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1915-D mark|1915-D mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1915-D mark|1915-D mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1915-F mark|1915-F mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1915-F mark|1915-F mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1915-G mark|1915-G mark]]
 
* [[Germany 1915-G mark|1915-G mark]]
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* [[Germany 1915-J mark|1915-J 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 09:58, 20 January 2026

formerly in the Wildman Collection
Germany 1915D half mark rev JK.jpg

This coin is a silver half mark from a type issued 1905-19 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), 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 half marks are not rare but the 1915-19 issues were almost completely hoarded, making them common today in all grades.

Recorded mintage: 5,117,000 (a common date).

Specification: 2.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, .080 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 17.

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.
  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.

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