Germany 1900-E 10 pfennig
This specimen was lot 72460 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. 10 Pfennig, 1900-E. Muldenhutten Mint. PCGS PROOF-66. The only example graded in the PCGS census, this tremendous Gem radiates with brilliance and is virtually free from any toning." This coin is a copper-nickel ten pfennig from a type issued 1890-1915 from six mints, including the Muldenhutten (mintmark "E") 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. The ten pfennig was originally copper-nickel but was switched to iron in 1915 to save materials for the war effort.
Recorded mintage: 4,490,000.
Specification: 4 g, copper-nickel, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 12, J-13.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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