Germany 1889-E 10 pfennig
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This specimen was lot 847 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY: Kaiserreich, 10 pfennig, 1889-E, a superb example, PCGS graded MS65." This type was struck for circulation in Germany 1873-76, 1888-89 at Berlin (mintmark A), Frankfurt (C), Munich (D, shown here), Dresden (E), Stuttgart (F), Karlsruhe (G), Darmstadt (H) and Hamburg (J). The subsequent type of 1890-1916 (KM 12) had a different eagle. This is a common date. In 1916, the denomination was converted to iron to save nickel for the war effort.
Recorded mintage: 1,493,000.
Specification: 4 g, copper-nickel, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-4, J-4.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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