Germany 1938-B 5 pfennig

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1936-40 during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany. It was minted at Berlin ("A"), Vienna ("B", shown here), Munich ("D"), Muldenhutten ("E"), Stuttgart ("F"), Freudenstadt ("G"), and Hamburg ("J"). For a race of Aryan supermen, the Nazis were remarkably unimaginative coin designers and this type is quite dull. It was replaced by an even more boring zinc issue (KM 100) 1940-44.

Recorded mintage: 3,447,000.

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.

Link to:

• Germany 1935-A 50 pfennig
• 1937-A 5 pfennig
• 1938-B pfennig
• 1938-D pfennig
• Germany 1938-B 2 mark
• Germany 1939-B pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1938
• return to Germany, Third Reich (1933-1945).