Germany 1930-E 3 mark KM-67

Sincona sale 47, lot 1551

This specimen was lot 1551 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$780 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"GERMANY, Weimarer Republik, 3 Reichsmark 1930 E, Muldenhütten. Weltrundflug des Luftschiffs Graf Zeppelin. NGC PF66. (Germany, Weimar republic, three mark of 1930, Muldenhutten mint. On the world flight of the airship Graf Zeppelin. Proof.)"

This type celebrating the flight of the Graf Zeppelin was issued in 1930 from six mints. The proofs are rare. It is much more common than the regular issue (KM 74) and was accompanied by KM 69 (Vogelweide) and KM 70 (Rhineland).

Recorded mintage: 75,000 + proofs.

Specification: 15 g, 0.500 fine silver, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: J. 342, KM 67.

Source:

• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.

Link to:

• 1929-A 3 mark, union of Waldeck and Prussia
• 1929-A 3 mark, 10th Anniversary of the Weimar Constitution
• 1929-E 3 mark, Meissen millennium
• 1929-E 3 mark, Lessing bicentennial
• 1929-J 3 mark, Lessing bicentennial
• 1930-A pfennig
• 1930-F pfennig
• 1930-F 50 pfennig
• 1930-A 3 mark, Zeppelin flight
• 1930-D 3 mark, Zeppelin flight
• 1930-A 3 mark, von der Vogelweide
• 1930-F 3 mark, von der Vogelweide
• 1930-A 3 mark, liberation of the Rhineland
• 1930-F 3 mark, Rhineland
• 1930-A 5 mark, oak tree
• 1930-G 5 mark, oak tree
• 1930-A 5 mark, liberation of the Rhineland
• 1930-D 5 mark, liberation of the Rhineland
• 1930-E 5 mark, liberation of the Rhineland
• 1930-J 5 mark, liberation of the Rhineland
• 1930-A 5 mark, Zeppelin
• Coins and currency dated 1930
• return to coins of Germany, Weimar Republic (1918-1933)