East Germany 1950-A pfennig

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This coin was struck in Berlin (shown here) and Muldenhutten for the communist puppet regime in 1948-50. The Deutsche Demokratische Republik was officially established in the Soviet occupation zone in October 1949 but this coin merely states "Deutschland".

Recorded mintage: 243,000,275 for 1948-50.

Specification: 0.75 g, aluminum, 17 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 1.

Sources:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1950-A 50 pfennig
• West Germany 1950-G pfennig
• 1952-A pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1950