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5 Mark - William II Pattern
| Issuer | Prussia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1904 |
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| Value | 5 Mark |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned right-facing effigy of Kaiser Wilhelm II, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and a distinctive upturned mustache. The truncation of the neck is bare. The peripheral legend arcs around the bust, reading WILHELM II DEUTSCHER KAISER KÖNIG V. PREUSSEN, with the Berlin mint mark 'A' situated in the lower exergual area beneath the portrait. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This is a pattern piece from the 1904 discussions around redesigning the Prussian five-mark coinage under Wilhelm II. Pattern issues of this denomination are notably scarce in the numismatic record — most were struck in very limited numbers for internal approval, never reaching the Reichsbank. Whether this specimen was part of a formal submission or a late-stage die trial is rarely determinable without provenance documentation tying it to a specific mint report.