Germany 1876-A 50 pfennig

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This coin is a silver fifty pfennig from a type issued 1875-77 from the Berlin (mintmark "A") mint. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of two mark and up were permitted for the formerly independent principalities while the lower denominations (one pfennig thru one mark) were minted to a unified design. This is a slightly better type.

Recorded mintage: 34,475,394 (highest mintage date).

Specification: 2.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, .080 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-6.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.

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• 1875-H 50 pfennig
• 1875-J 50 pfennig
• 1876-C 10 pfennig
• 1876-D 10 pfennig
• 1876-D 20 pfennig
• 1876-E 20 pfennig
• 1876-F 20 pfennig
• 1876-F 50 pfennig
• 1876-J mark
• 1876 2 mark
• Bavaria 1876-D 5 mark
• Bavaria 1876-D 20 mark
• Hamburg 1876-J 2 mark
• Hesse 1876-H 5 mark
• Prussia 1876-A 5 mark
• Prussia 1876-B 5 mark
• Saxony 1876-E 5 mark
• Wurttemberg 1876-F 20 mark
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