Germany 1907-F 2 pfennig

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Steve Album sale 39, lot 3565
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This specimen was lot 3565 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $84. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY: Wilhelm II, 1888-1918, AE 2 pfennig, 1907-F, mostly brown, but some red, with only the slightest wear, key date/mintmark, Choice AU." This coin is an copper two pfennig from a type issued 1904-1916 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J") mints. Altho this is a very common type, this is the first specimen we have posted on this website. 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.

Recorded Mintage: 1,059,000, a better date.

Specification: 3.25 g, copper, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-16.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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