Germany 1908-G 10 pfennig

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from the Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70824
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This specimen was lot 70824 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMANY. Empire. 10 Pfennig, 1908-G. Karlsruhe Mint. Wilhelm II. PCGS PROOF-65 Cameo. While circulation strikes are easy to locate and acquire, there are only a handful of EXTREMELY SCARCE surviving Proof examples. Due to its allusivity and impeccable Gem preservation, specialists will not be shy as they compete for this piece." This coin is a copper-nickel ten 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. This is a rather scarce date. The ten pfennig was switched to iron in 1916 to save materials for the war effort.

Recorded mintage: 1,708,000.

Specification: 4 g, copper-nickel, 22 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-12; J-13.

Source:

  • Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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