Germany 1907-A 1 pfennig

from the Wildman Collection

This coin is an copper pfennig from a type issued 1890-1916 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. Wartime shortages forced the government to convert the coin to aluminum in 1917-18.

Recorded mintage: 33,718,000 (a very common date).

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM 10.

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:

• 1887-E pfennig
• 1907-A 5 pfennig
• 1908-A pfennig
• 1910-A 25 pfennig
• 1914-E pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1907
• return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)