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5 Mark (200th birthday mathematician Carl Fr. Gauss - J)

Country:

Germany, Federal Republic

Series:

1950~2001 - DM Commemoratives

Catalog codes:

Col:DE-000046, WCC:km145

Themes:

Astronomy | Eagles | Mathematicians | Numbers | Opticians | Physics | Science | Seals (Emblems)

Issued on:

ColnectIsBest

Last issue date:

CopyWrong

Mints:

Hamburg Mint (Hamburgische Munze), Germany (I or J Mint Mark)

Composition:

Silver

Edge:

Lettered-Signs-Numbers (plain)

Orientation:

Medal alignment ↑O↑

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

11.2 grams

Diameter:

29 mm

Thickness:

2.07 mm

Face value:

5 DM - German mark

Known mintage:

8,000,000

Composition Details:

625/1000 Silver .2250 oz. ASW, 375/1000 copper625/1000 Silver .2250 oz. ASW, 375/1000 copper

Score:

38% Accuracy: Very High

Related items:

1 (See)

Description:

Front: Emblem (stylized eagle looking left) above (value) 5 between (year) 19 and 77
mint mark (inside 5) J (Hamburg)
legend: (left-top, state name) BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND
(right, currency) DEUTSCHE MARK
Back: Head mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (front)
* 30 April 1777 Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire
† 23 February 1855 (aged 77)
Göttingen, Kingdom of Hanover
buried: Albanifriedhof in Göttingen, Germany,
Kingdom of Hanover
legend: (left, name) CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS
(right, life years) 1777-1855
Edge: PiT - Plain with incuse text:
PAUCA * SED * * MATURA l.xl.
Designer: Erich Ott, Munich

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