Owner Comments:
Frankfurt Mint. This is the lone highest certified example at NGC and there are two at PCGS with one in MS-67 at PCGS.
This is the only mint these were struck at in 1916, and the last year of this series. 304,000 struck. Just about the lowest mintage for any year of Marks in this series, if not the lowest. Half Marks were struck at multiple mints this year and those are much more available in grades like MS-67. It was the middle of Kaiser Wilhelm II's Great War. U-Boats were in effect. This was the year of the Battle of Jutland in the North Sea, the Battle of the Somme, and the Battle of Verdun. The coin has about 88% of the actual silver content of a US Quarter, making this very close to a British Shilling in silver content.
Composition: Silver
Fineness: 0.9000
Weight: 5.5500g
ASW: 0.1606oz (compare to a Shilling at 0.1682oz)
Melt Value: $4.41 (2/13/2021)
Diameter: 24mm
Obverse: Denomination within wreath
Reverse: Crowned imperial eagle with shield on breast
Lone "Top Pop" coin in MS66 at NGC, 6 others in MS65 and one in MS65+ that we own and are selling.
At PCGS there are 11 in MS65, and then 3 coins in higher grades (2 in MS66 and 1 in MS67)