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Latest revision as of 14:46, 17 April 2026
This specimen was lot 46803 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. Pfennig, 1888-J. Hamburg Mint. Wilhelm I. PCGS MS-65 Red Brown. From the Dr. Michael Vale Collection." 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"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J", shown here) 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: 2,803,037, a common date.
Specifications: 2 g, bronze, 17.65 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM-1; J-1.
- 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 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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- 1887-E pfennig
- 1888-F pfennig
- 1888-F 10 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
- return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)