Germany 1937-A 5 pfennig

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 NYINC sale, lot 22678

This specimen was lot 22678 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Third Reich. 5 Reichspfennig, 1937-A. NGC PROOF-64 Cameo. A flashy proof with hard mirrored fields, frosted cameo devices, and a few handling marks." This type of 1936-39 was also minted at Vienna ("B"), Munich ("D"), Stuttgart ("F"), Stuttgart ("F"), Karlsruhe ("G") and Hamburg ("J"). It superseded the Weimar issue of 1924-36 and was superseded by a wartime issue in zinc.

Recorded mintage: 29,700,000 (including a few 1936-A).

Specification: 2.44 g, aluminum bronze, 18.1 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-91.

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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 1936-A pfennig, wheat sheaf reverse
• 1936-D 2 pfennig, wheat sheaf reverse
• 1936-F 5 pfennig
• 1936-E 10 pfennig
• Germany 1936-A 5 mark KM-94 Hindenburg/swastika
• 1937-A pfennig
• 1937-A 2 mark, Hindenburg
• 1937-G 2 mark, Hindenburg
• 1937-A 5 mark, Hindenburg
• 1938-B 5 pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1937