Germany 1917-A 1 pfennig

This coin is an aluminum one pfennig from a type issued 1916-1918 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.

Recorded mintage: 27,159,000.

Specification: 0.50 g, aluminum, 17.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 24.

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.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.

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• 1914-E pfennig
• 1916-D pfennig
• 1916-E pfennig
• 1917-J pfennig
• 1917-D pfennig
• 1917-D 5 pfennig
• 1917 10 pfennig, zinc
• 1917-A 10 pfennig
• 1917-A ½ mark
• 1917-D ½ mark
• 1917-G ½ mark
• Hesse 1917-A 3 mark
• 1918-A pfennig, aluminum
• 1918-D 10 pfennig, iron
• Coins and currency dated 1917
• return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)