German Pfennig - Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Well, "Bundesrepublik Deutschland" as mentioned in the subject would not include the GDR. But even the Pfennig coins from East Germany, issued before it joined the Federal Republic, clearly say Pfennig. By the way, the Mark was feminine, so what you see on the coins is either "Deutsche" or a valuable error.

Edit - Here is a list (English version) of the DM and Pf coins issued by the Federal Republic: http://www.bundesbank.de/bargeld/ba...ungen.en.php
That Bundesbank list focuses on descriptions rather than images; Wikipedia has some larger images: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsc...#M.C3.BCnzen

Christian

None of those contains any silver - see the previous answers, and/or the bundesbank.de page that I mentioned before ...

Christian

Oh and just having checked the thread, you'll notice on the 1945 50Pf, the legend is NOT "Bundesrepublik Deutschland", but "Bank Deutscher Länder". BdL 50Pf were issed only in 1949; again though nothing that rare, despite what ppl try and tell you (the number of ppl who have tried to tell me that theyre 'rare' and 'scarce' or whatever, continues to grow... but theyre wrong!). You'll also notice the edges are different on the pre-72 50Pf.


Same goes with youre 1DM's; having just have a quick peek at Jaeger, there is nothing there of value, regardless of the mintmark...

And on that point, the Mzz will be either D (Munich), F (Stuttgart), G (Karlsruhe) or J (Hamburg). In 1990 or 1991 the A (Berlin) mintmark began to reappear on BRD coins (for obvious reasons).

Thanks about all I can say about then! :)

Hi Daria, welcome to the forum.

In 1967, there were four mints in Germany striking these coins. The mintmark D, F, G or J can be found on the obverse, beneath the eagle's tail. None of the mintmarks are scarce for that year, though "D" is most common. In typical circulated (VF) condition, the coin is worth about a dollar. It's theoretical face value is currently around 80¢, but Germany uses the euro now, and these coins are obsolete.

Hello fellow humans,

I'm wondering if someone could tell me the last year that German Pfennig and Mark coins were minted - I understand that they might have been minted for collecting/mint sets etc in 2000 or 2001... which was the last year?

Many kind regards,

Thanks Chrisild... I guess there is another question few questions that I've thought of... If the last year of mintage was 2001 (in sets) were they minted in all five german mints i.e. do they have A, D, F, G, J? mint marks for all or a portion of the coins?

I came across a coin that a friend gave me 30 years ago. I have read a lot of information on it but can't find out if it's worth anything. Maybe you can help me. It is a 1974 Deutsche mark/Bunderrepublik w/F mark which I understand that it means it was minted in Stuttgart.

Ja, the only really interesting 1DM's are high grade 1954F, 1954G and 1955G. Then everything after (unless its UNC) is basically worth only face until we get to 1994 or 1995 (cant remember off hand; might be 95?) when mintags PLUMMETED from 15-20 Mil per mint to numbers like 20,000 - 50,000 until 1997 they appeared only in the sets...

I've honestly never seen anything later than 1994 that was in circulation.

Now if you want interesting BRD stuff, we should starting talking about stuff like the UNC 1951 2DM and 5DM's... Or the really cool 1952D 5DM - those things are NOT common at all! Or for a real challenge, genuine 1950G 'Bank Deutscher Laender' 50Pf. :)