Germany 1921-J 5 pfennig

This coin is an iron five pfennig from a type issued 1915-21 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Muldenhutten (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F"), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J") 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: 28,928,000, a common date.

Specification: 2.51 g, iron, 17.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 19.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.

Link to:

• Prussia 1913-A 2 mark KM 532
• Germany 1921-E 5 pfennig
• 1921-D 50 pfennig
• 1922-E 3 mark
• Coins and currency dated 1921
• return to coins of Germany, Weimar Republic (1918-1933)