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[[Image:Germany 1922 3 mark S18-2015q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 18, lot 2015]] | [[Image:Germany 1922 3 mark S18-2015q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 18, lot 2015]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 2015 in Sincona sale 18 (Zurich, May 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''3 Mark 1922. Muldenhütten. Fast FDC aus Polierter Platte.'' (Germany, Weimar Republic, three mark of 1922, Muldenhütten mint, choice uncirculated on a proof planchet.)"</blockquote> This coin is an aluminum three mark from a type issued 1922-23 only from six mints, including the Muldenhutten (mintmark "E") mint. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of [[Prussia 1913-A 2 mark KM 532|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. Soon after this issue, the German mark collapsed completely, destroying the savings of the German middle class and radicalizing it. | + | This specimen was lot 2015 in Sincona sale 18 (Zurich, May 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''3 Mark 1922. Muldenhütten. Fast FDC aus Polierter Platte.'' ([[Germany]], Weimar Republic, three mark of 1922, Muldenhütten mint, choice uncirculated on a proof planchet.)"</blockquote> This coin is an aluminum three mark from a type issued 1922-23 only from six mints, including the Muldenhutten (mintmark "E") mint. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of [[Prussia 1913-A 2 mark KM 532|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. Soon after this issue, the German mark collapsed completely, destroying the savings of the German middle class and radicalizing it. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 2,440,000 plus 22,000 proofs, and 2,000 plus 1,000 proofs of KM 28. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 2,440,000 plus 22,000 proofs, and 2,000 plus 1,000 proofs of KM 28. | ||
Revision as of 19:46, 12 September 2021
This specimen was lot 2015 in Sincona sale 18 (Zurich, May 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"3 Mark 1922. Muldenhütten. Fast FDC aus Polierter Platte. (Germany, Weimar Republic, three mark of 1922, Muldenhütten mint, choice uncirculated on a proof planchet.)"
This coin is an aluminum three mark from a type issued 1922-23 only from six mints, including the Muldenhutten (mintmark "E") mint. 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. Soon after this issue, the German mark collapsed completely, destroying the savings of the German middle class and radicalizing it.
Recorded mintage: 2,440,000 plus 22,000 proofs, and 2,000 plus 1,000 proofs of KM 28.
Specification: 2.03 g, aluminum, this specimen 1.95 g.
Catalog reference: J. 302. KM 29.
- 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.
- [1]Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2014.
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