Germany 1915-J mark
TThis specimen was lot 77344 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. Mark, 1915-J. Hamburg Mint. Wilhelm II. PCGS MS-67." This coin is a silver mark from a type issued 1891-1916 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (|mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J", shown here) mints. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of two mark and up were permitted to the formerly independent principalities while the lower denominations (one pfennig thru one mark) were minted to a unified design. 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: 1,634,000, a common date.
Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine silver, .160 troy oz AGW, 24 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-14; J-17.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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- 1914-A mark
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- 1914-E mark
- 1914-G mark
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- 1915-J 5 pfennig
- 1915-D ½ mark
- 1915-F ½ mark
- 1915-J ½ mark
- 1915-A mark
- 1915-D mark
- 1915-F mark
- 1915-G mark
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- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1915-A 3 mark without Luneburg
- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1915-A 5 mark without Luneburg
- Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1915-A 5 mark with Luneburg
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1915-A 5 mark
- Prussia 1915-A 3 mark, Mansfeld centennial
- Prussia 1915-A 20 mark
- Saxe-Meiningen 1915 3 mark death of the duke
- 1916-F mark
- Coins and currency dated 1915
- return to coinage of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)