Germany 1924-E 5 rentenpfennig

Stephen Album sale 32, lot 1251

This specimen was lot 1251 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $258.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY: Weimar Republic, 5 pfennig, 1924-E, PCGS graded Proof 66." The rentenmark and its subdivision the rentenpfennig were used 1923-24. Many issues minted during that time are today rare altho this type is rare only in proof. This denomination was superseded by the five reichspfennig (KM 39) struck 1924-26, 1930 and 1935-36.

Recorded mintage: 12,206,000.

Specification: 2.5 g, aluminum bronze, 18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-32, J-308.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

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• return to coins of Germany, Weimar Republic (1918-1933)