Bavaria 1913-D 5 mark

Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70681

This specimen was lot 70681 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Bavaria. 5 Mark, 1913-D. Munich Mint. Otto. NGC MS-62. The nicely preserved and lustrous survivor exhibits a bold strike with satiny surfaces displaying lovely light mottled patina." This type was struck 1891-1908 and 1913. King Otto, traumatized by his combat experience in the Austro-Prussian war, ruled under a regency for his entire reign. The kingdom was abolished with the collapse of the Empire in 1918.

Recorded mintage: 520,000.

Specification: 27.77 g, .900 fine, 38 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM-915, Dav-618; J-46.

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.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• 1911 5 mark, Luitpold's 90th birthday
• Hamburg 1913-J 5 mark
• Lubeck 1913-A 5 mark
• Prussia 1913-A 5 mark Dav-791
• Wurttemberg 1913-F 5 mark
• 1914 5 mark, Ludwig III
• Coins and currency dated 1913