Germany 1907-A 1 pfennig

formerly in the Wildman Collection

This coin is an copper pfennig from a type issued 1890-1916 from the Berlin (mintmark "A", shown here), 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: 2 g, copper, 17.5 mm diameter.

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.
• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.

Link to:

• 1905-E pfennig
• 1907-F 2 pfennig
• 1907-A 5 pfennig
• 1907-D ½ mark
• 1907-D mark
• 1907-J mark
• Baden 1907 2 mark, death of the grand duke
• Baden 1907-G 5 mark, death of the grand duke
• Baden 1907-G 10 mark
• Bavaria 1907-D 2 mark
• Bremen 1907-J 10 mark
• Hamburg 1907-J 5 mark
• Lubeck 1907-A 5 mark
• Prussia 1907-A 2 mark
• Prussia 1907-A 5 mark
• Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1907-A 5 mark
• Saxony 1907-E 2 mark
• Saxony 1907-E 5 mark
• Saxony 1907-E 10 mark
• Wurttemberg 1907-F 5 mark
• 1908-A pfennig
• 1910-A 25 pfennig
• 1914-E pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1907
• return to coins of Germany, Empire (1871-1918)