Germany 1921-J 50 pfennig

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This coin is an aluminum fifty pfennig from a type issued 1919-22 from six mints in the aftermath of German defeat in World War One. This is a product of the Hamburg mint. Hyperinflation destroyed its value.

Recorded mintage: 28,013,000.

Specification: 1.6 g, aluminum, 23 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-27; J-301.

Sources:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1919-E 50 pfennig
• 1921-E 5 pfennig
• 1921-J 5 pfennig
• 1921-D 50 pfennig
• Westphalia 1921 5 mark notgeld
• Westphalia 1921 10 mark notgeld
• 1922-E 50 pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1921
• return to coins of Germany, Weimar Republic (1918-1933)