Germany 1923-J 500 mark

from the Stack's Bowers 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71246

This specimen was lot 71246 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $384. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Weimar Republic. 500 Mark, 1923-J. Hamburg Mint. PCGS PROOF-64 Cameo Gold Shield. Exceeded in the PCGS census by just one example, this dazzling near-Gem presents lightly frosty devices and great mirroring to the fields." This coin is an aluminum 500 mark from a type issued 1923 only from six mints, including Hamburg (mintmark "J"). 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: 1,008,000 + proofs.

Specification: 1.67 g, aluminum, 27.1 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-36; J-305.

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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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