Live auction - fwo_382579 - GERMANY - GRAND DUCHY OF HESSE - ERNEST-LOUIS 5 Mark 1904 Berlin

GERMANY - GRAND DUCHY OF HESSE - ERNEST-LOUIS 5 Mark 1904 Berlin AU

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Estimate :	220 €
Price :	120 €
Maximum bid :	120 €
End of the sale :	01 March 2016 17:48:51
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : 5 Mark

Date: 1904

Mint name / Town : Berlin

Quantity minted : 40000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 38 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 27,82 g.

Edge : striée

Coments on the condition:

L’exemplaire est recouvert d’une patine gris sombre

Catalogue references :

AKS.161 - KM20/373

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann

Obverse

Obverse legend : ERNST LUDWIG. GROSSHERZOG. V. HESSEN. U. B. R. - PHILIPP. LANDGRAF. Z. HESSEN. / VERBUM. ONI. MANET. - IN. AETERNUM. 13. NOV./ 1504. 1904.

Obverse description : Bustes accolés à gauche de Philippe I Langrave de Hesse et Ernest-Louis de Hesse-Darmstadt.

Reverse

Reverse legend : DEUTSCHES REICH 1904 * FÜNF MARK.

Reverse description : Aigle impérial couronné, timbré d'un écu orné d'un aigle, entouré du collier de l'ordre allemand.

Reverse translation : (Empire allemand, cinq mark).

Commentary

Cette pièce commémore le 400e anniversaire de la naissance de Philippe Ier de Hesse survenue le 13 Novembre 1504. Il existe également une pièce de 2 Mark au même type.