Germany 1936-G 10 pfennig

Künker sale 354, lot 6629

This specimen was lot 6629 in Künker sale 354 (Osnabruck, Germany, September 2021), where it sold for €300 (about US$418 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"DRITTES REICH. 10 Reichspfennig 1936, G. R Vorzüglich. (Germany, Third Reich, ten pfennig of 1936. Rare, extremley fine.)"

This type of 1936-39 was struck at seven mints. It was superseded by a wartime issue in zinc.

Recorded mintage: 129,000, the key date.

Specification: 4.03 g, aluminum bronze, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 92, J. 364.

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]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Künker Auktion 354: Munzen und Medaillen aus Mittelalter und Neuzeit u. a. Braunschweig-Luneburg. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2021.

Link to:

• 1936-E 10 pfennig
• 1936-A 5 mark, Hindenburg
• Coins and currency dated 1936