Germany 1900-J 50 pfennig
This specimen was lot 71219 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $408. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. 50 Pfennig, 1900-J. Hamburg Mint. Wilhelm II. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield. Argent and nearly-choice, this radiant piece offers great eye appeal and dazzling brilliance shimmering throughout." This coin is a silver fifty pfennig from a type issued 1896-1903 from the Hamburg (mintmark "J") 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. This is a better date of a rather scarce type.
Recorded mintage: 192,000.
Specification: 2.78 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-15; J-15.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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