Germany 1910-A 5 pfennig
This specimen was lot 77347 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. 5 Pfennig, 1910-A. Berlin Mint. Wilhelm II. NGC PROOF-65 Cameo." This coin is a copper-nickel five pfennig from a type issued 1890-1915 from the Berlin (mintmark "A", shown here), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J") mints. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of two mark and up were permitted to the formerly independent principalities while the lower denominations (one pfennig thru one mark) were minted to a unified design. Wartime shortages forced the regime to convert the coin to iron in 1915-22.
Recorded mintage: 7,343,617.
Specification: 2.5 g, copper-nickel, 18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-11; J-12.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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- return to coinage of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)