Baden 1907-G 5 mark Dav-537

Sincona sale 9, lot 3898

This specimen was lot 3898 in Sincona sale 9 (Zürich, October 2012), where it sold for 225 CHF (about US$285 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[2] noted,

"DEUTSCHLAND Baden, Grossherzogtum Münzstätte Karlsruhe Friedrich I. 1852-1907. 5 Mark 1907. Auf seinen Tod. Polierte Platte. (Germany, Grand duchy of Baden, Frederick I, 1852-1907, five mark of 1907, Karlsruhe mint, on the death of the grand duke. Proof.)"

This type was struck 1907 and is fairly common by dint of being saved.

Recorded mintage: 60,000.

Specification: 27.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, 38 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dav-537, J. 37. KM 279.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[2]Numismatic Coins, Medals, Banknotes & Books: Auction 9, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2012.

Link to:

• 1906 5 mark
• 1907-D ½ mark
• 1907 2 mark, death of the grand duke
• Hamburg 1907-J 5 mark
• Lubeck 1907-A 5 mark
• Prussia 1907-A 5 mark Dav-789
• Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1907-A 5 mark
• Saxony 1907-E 5 mark
• Wurttemberg 1907-F 5 mark Dav-964
• 1907 10 mark
• 1908 5 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1907
• return to coins of German States, Baden-Durlach