Germany 1902-F 50 pfennig

Sincona sale 39, lot 3343

This specimen was lot 3343 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it sold for 325 CHF (about US$390 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"GERMANY, Empire, 50 Pfennig 1902 F. Stuttgart. Fast vorzüglich. NGC AU 58. (empire of Germany, fifty pfennig of 1902, Stuttgart mint. About extremely fine.)"

This coin is a silver fifty pfennig from a type issued 1896-1905 from the Stuttgart (mintmark "F") 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 rather scarce type.

Recorded mintage: 95,000 plus proofs, a scarce date.

Specification: 2.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, .080 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: J. 15. KM 15.

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.
• ^[1]Jürg Richter, Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2017.

Link to:

• 1898-A 50 pfennig
• 1902-E pfennig
• 1902-A mark
• 1902-J mark
• Baden 1902 2 mark, the 50th anniversary of reign
• Baden 1902-G 5 mark, 50th anniversary of reign
• Baden 1902-G 10 mark
• Hamburg 1902-J 2 mark
• Prussia 1902-A 10 mark
• Saxe-Meiningen 1902-D 2 mark
• Saxe-Meiningen 1902-D 5 mark
• Saxe-Meiningen 1902-D 10 mark
• Saxony 1902-E 2 mark
• Saxony 1902-E 2 mark, death of king Albert
• Saxony 1902 5 mark, death of king Albert
• Wurttemberg 1902-F 5 mark
• Wurttemberg 1902-F 10 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1902
• return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)