Germany 1913-D 1/2 mark

from the Mountain Groan Collection

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") 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 common tho less so than the issues of 1914-18 which were hoarded.

Recorded mintage: 1,406,000.

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

Catalog reference: KM 17.

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:

• 1911-E ½ mark
• 1911-J ½ mark
• 1913-D 5 pfennig
• 1913-F 5 pfennig
• 1913-E ½ mark
• 1913-J mark
• Prussia 1913-A 2 mark KM 532
• Saxony 1913 3 mark, regular issue
• Saxony 1913-E 3 mark KM-1275 battle of Leipzig
• 1914-A ½ mark
• Coins and currency dated 1913
• return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)