Germany 1939-A 5 pfennig
This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1936-39 during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany. The "A" mintmark is for the Berlin mint. 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 type (KM 100) 1940-44. This specimen was part of lot 22755 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), which sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Third Reich Certified Minor Coinage, 1937-41. KM-89, 90, 91, & 100; J-361, 362, 363, & 370. Reichspfennig (3), 2 Reichspfennig (5), and 5 Reichspfennig (2). 10 pieces in lot. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS."
Recorded mintage: 35,337,000, common in all grades.
Specification: 2.44 g, aluminum-bronze, 18.1 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 91.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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- Coins and currency dated 1939
- return to Germany, Third Reich (1933-1945).