View source for Germany 1923-F 2 reichspfennig

[[Image:K354-6609.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 354, lot 6609]]

This specimen was lot 6609 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabrück, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €4,000 (about US$5,567 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''WEIMARER REPUBLIK. 2 Reichspfennig 1923, F. Fehlprägung infolge falscher Stempelkoppelung. In US-Plastikholder der PCGS mit der Bewertung PR 65 RB (27258949). Von größter Seltenheit. Polierte Platte.'' ([[Germany]], [[Germany, Weimar Republic (1918-1933)|Weimar Republic]], two pfennig of 1923, muled dies. Graded PCGS PR-65RB. Extremely rare, proof.)"</blockquote> The regular two reichspfennig was struck with this design 1924-25 and 1936 and is common. It seems the Stuttgart mint muled a 2 reichspfenning obverse with a leftover 2 rentenpfennig reverse die from 1923 to create this error. As a proof, it is difficult to believe that it was inadvertent. Another mule error occurred at Stuttgart in 1929 with the one pfennig.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but a very scarce date.

''Specification:'' 3.34 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 38, J. 314 Anm. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Jaeger, Kurt, ''Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871,'' Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg.'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

''Link to:''
* [[Germany 1923-A 2 pfennig|1923-A 2 rentenpfennig]]
* [[Germany 1923-F 10 pfennig|1923-F 10 pfennig]]
* [[Germany 1923-E 3 mark KM-29|1923-E 3 mark]]
* [[Germany 1923-A 200 mark|1923-A 200 mark]]
* [[Germany 1923-D 200 mark|1923-D 200 mark]]
* [[Germany 1923-E 200 mark|1923-E 200 mark]]
* [[Germany 1923-F 500 mark|1923-F 500 mark]]
* [[Germany 1923-G 500 mark|1923-G 500 mark]]
* [[Germany 1923-J 500 mark|1923-J 500 mark]]
* [[Westphalia 1923 billion mark notgeld]]
* [[Germany 1924-A 2 rentenpfennig|1924-A 2 rentenpfennig]]
* [[Germany 1925-A rentenpfennig|1925-A rentenpfennig]]
* [[Germany 1925-A 5 pfennig|1925-A 5 reichspfennig]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1923]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 351, 352, 353, 354]]