Germany 1915-D mark

Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70821

This specimen was lot 70821 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $132. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. Mark, 1915-D. Munich Mint. Wilhelm II. PCGS MS-67. Tied for the finest certified by PCGS. This Superb Gem is dripping with cartwheel luster and satin like surfaces." This coin is a silver one mark from a type issued 1892-1916 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D", shown here), Dresden, later 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.

Recorded mintage: 4,218,000, a common date.

Specification: 5.55 g, .900 fine silver, .160 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-14; J-17.

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 October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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• Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1915-A 5 mark, with Luneburg
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1915-A 5 mark
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• 1916-F mark
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