Danzig 1932 5 pfennig

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71515

This specimen was lot 71515 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "POLAND. Danzig. 5 Pfennig, 1932. NGC MS-65. This is the Free City issue. A clear gem with stellar original color and luster. Aluminum-bronze striking." Danzig, long part of Prussia and then Germany, was briefly independent 1919-39. Annexed by the Nazis, it fell to Poland in 1945 and was renamed Gdansk. This is a fairly common one year type.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.

Specification: 2 g, aluminum bronze, 18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-151.

Source:

• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• Danzig 1932 10 pfennige
• 1932 ½ gulden
• 1932 gulden
• 1932 2 gulden
• 1932 5 gulden, Marienkirche
• 1932 5 gulden, Danzig harbor
• Coins and currency dated 1932