Germany 1938-B 2 mark

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1936-39 during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany. It honored Paul Hindenburg, president of Germany when the Nazis came to power in 1933. The "B" mintmark is for the Vienna mint, which was operated as a German branch mint 1938-44. For a race of Aryan supermen, the Nazis were remarkably unimaginative coin designers and this type is a blatant rip-off of the Polish ten zlotych of 1934-39.

Recorded mintage: 13,163,000.

Specification: 8 g, .625 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, .1607 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 93, J-366.

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.

Link to:

• 1937-A 2 mark, Hindenburg
• Poland 1937 10 zlotych
• Germany 1938-B pfennig
• Germany 1938-B 5 pfennig
• Germany 1939-B pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1938
• return to Germany, Third Reich (1933-1945).