Germany 1900-G 10 pfennig
This specimen was lot 848 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY: Kaiserreich, 10 pfennig, 1900-G, a fantastic example, PCGS graded MS66." This coin is a copper-nickel ten pfennig from a type issued 1890-1915 from six mints, including the Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") 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: 4,239,000, a slightly better date.
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]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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