Germany 1930-J 5 mark Dav-973

Steve Album Auction 53, lot 3026

This specimen was lot 3026 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $90. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR 5 reichsmark, 1930-J, Liberation of Rhineland, XF, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection." The regime issued several five mark in 1930, including KM 56 (oak tree), KM 68 (zeppelin flight) and KM 71 (liberation of the Rhineland, shown here). The reverse legend, "DER RHEIN DEUTSCHLANDS STROM · NICHT DEUTSCHLANDS GRENZE ·" translates as, "The Rhine--Germany's river, not Germany's border".

Recorded mintage: 49,000 plus proofs, a better date.

Specification: 25 g, 0.500 fine silver, 37 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-71, Dav-973.

Source:

• 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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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