Germany 1877-A 2 pfennig

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Künker Auction 439, lot 2536

This specimen was lot 2536 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €650 (about US$894 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"REICHSKLEINMÜNZEN, 2 Pfennig 1877 A. Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung Jürgen und Erika Schmidt, Bovenden. Exemplar der Lagerliste Fritz Rudolf Künker 176, August 2005, Nr. 822. (empire small change, two pfennig of 1877, uncirculated.)"

This coin is a copper two pfennig from a type issued 1873-77 from the Berlin (mintmark "A", shown here), Hannover (mintmark "B"), Frankfurt (mintmark "C"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Dresden (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J") mints. 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.

Recorded mintage: 9,827,295, a fairly common date.

Specification: 3.25 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 2, J. 2.

Sources:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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