Germany 1896-A 50 pfennig
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This specimen was lot 4352 in Goldberg sale 74 (Los Angeles, June 2013), where it sold for $483 including buyer's fees. The catalog description[1] noted, "Germany. 50 Pfennig, 1896-A. Scarce type. Attractive original toning. PCGS graded MS-64." This coin is a silver fifty pfennig from a type issued 1896-1905 from the Berlin (mintmark "A") mint. 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 is a rather scarce type.
Recorded mintage: 389,000.
Specification: 2.77 g, 0.900 fine silver, .080 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-15; J-15.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender and Steven Harvey, Goldberg Sale 74: the pre-Long Beach Sale, featuring the Arden Collection, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.
Link to:
- Germany 1888-G 20 pfennig
- 1896-G 5 pfennig
- 1896-D mark
- 1896-F mark
- 1896-G mark
- Anhalt 1896-A 2 mark
- Anhalt 1896-A 5 mark
- Anhalt 1896-A 10 mark
- Anhalt 1896-A 20 mark
- Hamburg 1896-J 10 mark
- Hesse 1896-A 10 mark
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1896-A 20 mark
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1896-A 2 mark
- Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 1896-A 20 mark
- Germany 1898-A 50 pfennig
- return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)
- Coins and currency dated 1896