Germany 1900-J 50 pfennig

from the Stack's Bowers 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71219

This specimen was lot 71219 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $408. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. 50 Pfennig, 1900-J. Hamburg Mint. Wilhelm II. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield. Argent and nearly-choice, this radiant piece offers great eye appeal and dazzling brilliance shimmering throughout." This coin is a silver fifty pfennig from a type issued 1896-1903 from the Hamburg (mintmark "J") 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. This is a better date of a rather scarce type.

Recorded mintage: 192,000.

Specification: 2.78 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-15; J-15.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

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