Germany 1910-E 25 pfennig

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Künker sale 439, lot 2552

This specimen was lot 2552 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €80 (about US$110 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"REICHSKLEINMÜNZEN, 25 Pfennig 1910 E. Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung Jürgen und Erika Schmidt, Bovenden. Erworben am 1. Juli 2005 von der Münzenhandlung Olding, Osnabrück. (empire small change, twenty-five pfennig of 1910. Uncirculated.)"

This coin is a nickel twenty-five pfennig from a type issued 1909-12 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E", shown here), 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 for the formerly independent principalities while the lower denominations (one pfennig thru one mark) were minted to a unified design. The denomination superseded a copper-nickel twenty pfennig issued 1887-92 and, like the earlier coin, does not seem to have been a success. It is seldom seen compared to the other denominations of the time.

Recorded mintage: 1,242,000, a fairly common date.

Specification: 4.10 g, nickel, 23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 18, J. 18.

Source:

  • 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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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