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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 1063321, member: 6229&quot;]The German State of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel was still a Duchy as a member of the German Empire even though Germany lost WWW1.</p><p><br /></p><p>As such it was given the authority to authorize the production of silver and gold coins over the amount of 1 Mark.&nbsp; All minor coin production was issued by Germany at one of its mints.&nbsp; All minor business strike coinage cirtculating in Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel in 1915 were struck at the Berlin Mint (mint mark A).&nbsp; The only coins authorized by Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel during the leadership of Prince Earnst August, were the four silver coins commemorating the wedding of Prince Ernst and his accession; two of them being 3 Mark denominations and two being 5 Mark denominations. All coins bear the Berlin mint mark A.</p><p><br /></p><p>The three Mark denominations measured 33mm, and weighed in at 0.4823 ounce ASW.&nbsp; The five Mark coins measured 38mm and weighed 0.8037 ounces ASW.</p><p><br /></p><p>All four coins carried the same obverse and reverse designs, but there were two varieties of each denomination:</p><p><br /></p><p>One 3 Mark (1,700 made) carried the wordage <b><i>GOTT MIT UNS</i></b> on its edge while the other 3 Mark (31,634 minted) bore the words <b><i>U LUNEB</i></b> added to the legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>One 5 Mark (1,400 produced) has edge lettering <b><i>GOT MIT UNS</i></b> while the other one (8,600 struck) has the lettering <b><i>U LUNEB</i></b> added to the legend.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since all coins are the same except for the denominations I present only one coin for you to see.&nbsp; It is the 3 (Drie) Mark that has <b><i>U LUNEB</i></b> added to the legend.&nbsp; Photos courtesy of Goldberg Coins and Collectibles archives:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://64.60.141.198/cgi-bin/viewlot.php?sale=48&amp;lot=2428" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://64.60.141.198/cgi-bin/viewlot.php?sale=48&amp;lot=2428" rel="nofollow"><b>BRINSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL 1915-A 3 MARKS</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Hope you enjoyed...</p><p><br /></p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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