Germany 1913-D 5 pfennig

formerly in the Wildman Collection

This coin is a copper-nickel five pfennig from a type issued 1890-1915 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Munich (mintmark "D", shown here), 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. This type was struck 1890-1915 but wartime shortages forced the regime to convert the coin to iron in 1915-22.

Recorded mintage: 15,506,000 (a common date).

Specification: 2.5 g, copper-nickel, 18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 11.

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.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.

Link to:

• 1891-E 5 pfennig
• 1907-A pfennig
• 1910-G 5 pfennig
• 1910-A 25 pfennig
• 1913-F 5 pfennig
• 1913-F 10 pfennig
• 1913-D ½ mark
• 1913-E ½ mark
• 1913-J mark
• 1914-D 5 pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1913
• return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)