Germany 1930-G 5 mark Dav-966

Kunker sale 264, lot 4268

This specimen was lot 4268 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €1,300 (about US$1,679 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"5 Reichsmark 1930, G. Eichbaum. RR Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Germany, Weimar republic, five reichsmark of 1930. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

This type, issued 1927-33, was struck in large numbers in Berlin ("A"), Munich ("D", shown here), Muldenhutten ("E"), Stuttgart ("F"), Karlsrule ("G") and Hamburg ("J"). It is, however, expensive; perhaps they were melted during World War Two. We have included it in our category of thalers based on its size, even tho it is only .500 fine.

Recorded mintage: 367,000 (a rare date).

Specification: 25 g, .500 fine silver, .401 troy oz ASW, 37 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dav-966, J. 331, KM 56.

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.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015

Link to:

• 1927-A reichsmark
• 1927-D 2 reichsmark
• 1930-A pfennig
• 1930-F 50 pfennig
• 1930-A 3 mark, von der Vogelweide
• 1930-E 3 mark, Zeppelin
• 1930-A 5 mark, oak tree
• 1930-A 5 mark, Zeppelin
• 1931-A 5 mark, oak tree
• Coins and currency dated 1930
• return to coins of Germany, Weimar Republic (1918-1933)