Germany 1888-F pfennig
This specimen was lot 2535 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €280 (about US$385 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"REICHSKLEINMÜNZEN, 1 Pfennig 1888 F. Prachtexemplar. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. Aus der Sammlung Jürgen und Erika Schmidt, Bovenden. Exemplar der Lagerliste Fritz Rudolf Künker 176, August 2005, Nr. 821. (empire small change, one pfennig of 1888. Cabinet example, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This coin is a copper pfennig from a type issued 1873-89 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Hannover (mintmark "B"), Frankfurt (mintmark "C"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Dresden (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F", shown here), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J") mints. 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.
Recorded mintage: 584,000, a better date.
Specification: 2 g, bronze, 17.65 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM 1, J. 1.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.
Links:
- 1887-E pfennig
- 1888-J pfennig
- 1888-A 20 pfennig
- 1888-G 20 pfennig
- Baden 1888-G 2 mark
- Baden 1888-G 10 mark
- Bavaria 1888-D 2 mark
- Bavaria 1888-D 5 mark
- Bavaria 1888-D 10 mark
- Hamburg 1888-J 5 mark
- Hesse 1888-A 2 mark
- Hesse 1888-A 5 mark
- Hesse 1888-A 10 mark
- Prussia 1888-A 2 mark "Friedrich III"
- Prussia 1888-A 2 mark "Wilhelm II"
- Prussia 1888-A 5 mark "Friedrich III"
- Prussia 1888-A 5 mark "Wilhelm II"
- Prussia 1888-A 10 mark "Friedrich III"
- Prussia 1888-A 20 mark "Wilhelm I"
- Prussia 1888-A 20 mark "Friedrich III"
- Prussia 1888-A 20 mark "Wilhelm II"
- Saxony 1888-E 2 mark
- Saxony 1888-E 10 mark
- Wurttemberg 1888-F 2 mark
- Wurttemberg 1888-F 5 mark
- 1889-G pfennig
- Coins and currency dated 1888