Germany 1937-A pfennig

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, part of lot 22755

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1936-40 during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany. The "A" mintmark is for the Berlin mint. For a race of Aryan supermen, the Nazis were remarkably unimaginative coin designers and this type is quite dull. It was replaced by an even more boring zinc issue (KM 97) 1940-45. This specimen was part of lot 22755 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), which sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY. Third Reich Certified Minor Coinage, 1937-41. KM-89, 90, 91, & 100; J-361, 362, 363, & 370. Reichspfennig (3), 2 Reichspfennig (5), and 5 Reichspfennig (2). 10 pieces in lot. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS."

Recorded mintage: 67,180,000, common in all grades.

Specification: 2.01 g, bronze, 17.43 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 89.

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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• 1936-A pfennig, wheat sheaf reverse
• 1937-A 5 pfennig
• 1937-A 2 mark, Hindenburg
• 1938-B pfennig
• 1938-D pfennig
• Germany 1938-B 5 pfennig
• Germany 1938-B 2 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1937
• return to Germany, Third Reich (1933-1945).