Germany 1922-E 3 mark KM-29

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^[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. 303, KM 29.

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]Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2014.

Link to:

• Germany 1921-J 5 pfennig
• Germany 1922-E 10 pfennig iron
• 1922-E 50 pfennig
• 1922-A 3 mark
• 1922-J 3 mark
• Germany 1923-F 10 pfennig
• 1923-E 3 mark
• 1923-J 500 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1922
• return to coins of Germany, Weimar Republic (1918-1933)