Germany 1890-G 10 pfennig

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Künker sale 439, lot 2547

This specimen was lot 2547 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €140 (about US$193 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"REICHSKLEINMÜNZEN, 10 Pfennig 1890 G. Fast Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung Jürgen und Erika Schmidt, Bovenden. Erworben am 9. Juli 2005 von der Münzhandlung M. Kupersky, Wetzlar. (empire small change, ten pfennig, about uncirculated.)"

This coin is a copper-nickel ten pfennig from a type issued 1890-1915 from six mints, including the Berlin ("A"), Munich ("D", no issue in 1890), Muldenhutten ("E", no issue in 1890), Stuttgart ("F"), Karlsruhe ("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. The ten pfennig was originally copper-nickel but was switched to iron in 1915 to save materials for the war effort.

Recorded mintage: 976,000, a fairly common date.

Specification: 4 g, copper-nickel, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 12, J. 13.

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, 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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