Germany 1916-G 1/2 mark
This specimen was lot 3042 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $102. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY: Kaiserreich, AR 1/2 mark, 1916-G, a fantastic example with blazing luster, tied for the finest example at PCGS (2/0), PCGS graded MS67." This coin is from a type issued 1905-19 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F", shown here), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J") mints. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of two mark and up were permitted for the formerly independent principalities while the lower denominations (one pfennig thru one mark) were minted to a unified design. This date is one of the issues of 1914-19 which were hoarded.
Recorded mintage: 1,779,000, a fairly common date.
Specification: 2.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, 20 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-17, J-16.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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- 1915-D ½ mark
- 1915-F ½ mark
- 1915-J ½ mark
- 1916-E pfennig
- 1916-A 2 kopeks, military occupation coinage
- 1916-J 2 kopeks, military occupation coinage
- 1916-A 3 kopeks, military occupation coinage
- 1916-E pfennig
- 1916-D ½ mark
- 1916-E ½ mark
- 1916-F mark
- Wurttemberg 1916-F 3 mark
- Coins and currency dated 1916
- return to coinage of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)