Okay, was unsure. Seller lists it as an "6" mint mark. I wonder why the Karlsruhe mint made the "G" like this, seems to me it would look nicer if the mint mark looked like the letter "G" <------ and not a "6"
Umm, that is a G, and it looks like a G. There has never been a "6" mintmark here. Guess they wanted to adapt the style of the mintmark to that of the other (Fraktur) fonts ... Christian
Well, in such cases it does help to know what mintmarks the Deutsches Reich used. Here are two other examples, one with a "dated church", one without date, both with the Karlsruhe mark: http://www.muenzauktion.com/duerr/item.php5?id=18444 http://www.muenzauktion.com/loebbers/item.php5?id=121012013 Even in this country (Federal Republic of Germany), where Fraktur is not really used on coins, the style of the "G" has varied - see the attached image for example. The point is, a collector will know or can learn what letters are "possible" and which ones are not. Other people won't really care about mintmarks. Christian
Here is an uppercase Fraktur "G". The character will look different in different Fraktur fonts, but you can see that it is quite different from an Antiqua G. Add that to the fact that some engravers did a better job than others, and you get what you see in the initial post. Christian
