View source for Germany 1874-G 20 pfennig

[[Image:SB225-75120o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75120]]
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This specimen was lot 75120 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GERMANY. Empire. 20 Pfennig, 1874-G. Karlsruhe Mint. Wilhelm I. NGC MS-66." This coin is a silver fifty pfennig from a type issued 1873-77 from the Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") mint. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of two mark and up were permitted for the formerly independent principalities while the lower denominations (one pfennig thru one mark) were minted to a unified design. When the twenty pfennig was revived in 1887, it was in copper-nickel ([[Germany 1888-G 20 pfennig|KM 9.1]]).

''Recorded mintage:'' 3,281,267, a slightly better date.

''Specification:'' 1.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, 16 mm diameter, reeded edge. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-5; J-5. 

''[[Bibliography|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, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

''Links to:''
* [[Germany 1873-G 20 pfennig|1873-G 20 pfennig]]
* [[Germany 1874-H pfennig|1874-H pfennig]]
* [[Germany 1874-A 5 pfennig|1874-A 5 pfennig]]
* [[Germany 1874-E 10 pfennig|1874-E 10 pfennig]]
* [[Germany 1874-F 10 pfennig|1874-F 10 pfennig]]
* [[Germany 1874-A 20 pfennig|1874-A 20 pfennig]]
* [[Germany 1874-H 20 pfennig|1874-H 20 pfennig]]
* [[Germany 1874-D mark|1874-D mark]]
* [[Germany 1874-G mark|1874-G mark]]
* [[Germany 1874-H mark|1874-H mark]]
* [[Germany 1876-D 20 pfennig|1876-D 20 pfennig]]
* [[Germany 1876-E 20 pfennig|1876-E 20 pfennig]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1874]]
* return to coins of [[Germany, Empire (1871-1918)]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]]