Germany 1916-E pfennig
This specimen was lot 70828 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. Pfennig, 1916-E. Muldenhutten Mint. Wilhelm II. PCGS PROOF-65 Deep Cameo. A brilliant Proof with needle-sharp design detail, mirrored fields, and frosted cameo devices." This coin is an bronze one pfennig from a type issued 1890-1916 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), 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 for the formerly independent principalities while the lower denominations (one pfennig thru one mark) were minted to a unified design. This is a slightly scarce date. In 1917, wartime shortages forced the mints to switch the coin to aluminum (KM 24).
Recorded mintage: 818,000.
Specification: 2 g, copper, 17.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-10.
- 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, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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