Germany 1914-G 10 pfennig

Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale, lot 46807

This specimen was lot 46807 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. 10 Pfennig, 1914-G. Karlsruhe Mint. PCGS PROOF-63. From the Ralph Titus World War I Collection." This coin is a copper-nickel ten pfennig from a type issued 1891-1915 from six mints, including 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. The ten pfennig was originally copper-nickel but was switched to iron in 1915 to save materials for the war effort.

Recorded mintage: 2,689,000, a common date.

Specifications: 4 g, copper-nickel, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-12; J-13.

Sources:

• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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