Germany 1876-F 20 pfennig

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 46149

This specimen was lot 46149 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $145. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. 20 Pfennig, 1876-F. Stuttgart Mint. Wilhelm I. PCGS MS-67." 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 issue of the Stuttgart mint is a common date of a type struck 1873-77. When the twenty pfennig was revived in 1887, it was in copper-nickel (KM 9.1).

Recorded mintage: 13,635,000, the second highest mintage date.

Specification: 1.11 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-5; J-5.

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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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• 1874-H 20 pfennig
• 1876-C 10 pfennig
• 1876-D 10 pfennig
• 1876-B 20 pfennig
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• 1876-A 50 pfennig
• 1876-F 50 pfennig
• 1876-J mark
• Wurttemberg 1876-F 10 mark
• Wurttemberg 1876-F 20 mark
• 1877-F 20 pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1876
• return to coinage of the Germany, Empire (1871-1918)