East Germany 1968-A 5 pfennig

Künker sale 406, lot 5230

This specimen was lot 5230 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,115 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK, 1949-1990, 5 Pfennig 1968, A, glatter Rand. Kupfer. Von großer Seltenheit. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (people's republic of Germany, 1949-90, five pfennig of 1968, plain edge, copper. Extremely rare, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This is an off-metal strike of the regular aluminum five pfennig that was struck in Berlin in 1968, 1972 and 1975.

Recorded mintage: 282,303,000 in aluminum.

Specification: normal issue: 1 g, aluminum, 19 mm diameter; this specimen copper, 18,79 mm; 3,13 g.

Catalog reference: KM 9.1, J. 1509 Anm.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

Link to:

• East Germany 1952-A 1 pfennig
• 1968-A pfennig
• 1968 20 mark, Karl Marx
• 1979-A 5 pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1968