Germany 1883-G mark

Künker sale 354, lot 6126

This specimen was lot 6126 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €3,400 (about US$4,732 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"REICHSKLEINMÜNZEN, 1 Mark 1883, G. In dieser Erhaltung von großer Seltenheit. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Germany, one mark of 1883, extremely rare in this quality, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This coin is a silver mark from a type issued 1873-87 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Hannover (mintmark "B", closed 1878), Frankfurt (mintmark "C", closed 1878), Munich (mintmark "D"), Dresden (mintmark "E", moved to Muldenhutten in 1887), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G", shown here), Darmstadt (mintmark "H", closed 1876) 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. The one mark was struck until 1916. This date is rare. The pre-war silver marks are not rare but the 1914-16 issues were almost completely hoarded, making them common today in all grades.

Recorded mintage: 91,000.

Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine silver, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 7, J. 9.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

Link to:

• 1882-H mark
• 1883-D mark
• Bavaria 1883-D 2 mark
• Prussia 1883-A 10 mark
• Prussia 1883-A 20 mark
• 1885-A mark
• 1885-G mark
• Coins and currency dated 1883
• return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)