Germany 1936-D 2 pfennig KM-38

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 2624

This specimen was lot 2624 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $30. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY: Third Reich, AE 2 reichspfennig, 1936-D, KM-38, full red with minimal spotting, Choice Unc." This type, originated during the Weimar Republic, was struck 1924-25 and 1936. This type was superseded in 1936 by an explicitly Nazi design (KM 90) used 1936-40.

Recorded mintage: 6,525,000 including KM 90.

Specification: 3.34 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-39.

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 Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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