Germany 1906-F mark

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71459

This specimen was lot 71459 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $204. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. Mark, 1906-F. Stuttgart Mint. ANACS PROOF-65 Cameo. Wholly captivating and brilliant, the present specimen offers lightly frosted devices and lustrous, problem free surfaces. A hint of peripheral goldenrod adds further charm." This coin is a silver one mark from a type issued 1891-1916 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. 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: 2,257,000.

Specification: 5.55 g, 0.900 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-14; J-17.

Source:

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.
Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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