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A 1912 German 5 Pfennig minted in Berlin(notice the 'A' mintmark on the obverse). Composed of Copper-nickel with a mintage of 19,320,000.
Here is a German Mint Mark chart for you. I copied it from my website. A : Berlin 1750 to date A : Clausthal (Hannover) 1833-1849 B : Bayreuth, Franconia (Prussia) 1750-1804 B : Breslau (Prussia, Silesia) 1750-1826 B : Brunswick (Brunswick) 1850-1860 B : Brunswick (Westphalia) 1809-1813 B : Dresdan (Saxony) 1861-1872 B : Hannover (Brunswick) 1860-1871 B : Hannover (East Friesland) 1823-1825 B : Hannover (German Unification) 1872-1878 B : Hannover (Hannover) 1821-1866 B : Hannover (Prussia) 1866-1873 B : Regensburg (Regensburg) 1809 B.H.: Frankfurt (Free City of Frankfurt) 1808 B (rosette) H-Regensburg (Rhenis Confederation) 1802-1812 C : Cassel (Westphalla) 1810-1813 C : Clausthal (Brunswick) C : Clausthal (Hannover) 1813-1834 C : Clausthal (Westphalla) 1810-1811 C : Dresden (Saxony) 1779-1804 C : Frankfurt (German Unification) 1866-1879 D : Aurich (East Friesland under Prussia) 1750-1806 D : Dusseldorf, Rhineland (Prussia) 1816-1848 D : Munich (Germany) 1872 to date E : Dresden (Saxony) 1872-1887 E : Muldenhutten (Germany) 1887-1953 F : Dresden (Saxony) 181845-1858 F : Magdeburg (Prussia) 1750-1806 F : Cassel (Hess-Cassel) 1803-1807 F : Stuttgart (Germany) 1872 to date G : Dresden (Saxony) 1833-1844, 1850-1854 G : Glatz (Prussia Silesia) 1807-1809 G : Karlsruhe (Germany) 1872 to date G : Stattin in Pomererania (Prussia) 1750-1806 GN-BW - Bamberg (Bamberg) H : Darmstadt (German Unification) 1872-1882 H : Dresden (Saxony) 1804-1812 H.K. - Rostock (Rostock) 1862-1864 I : Hamburg (Germany) J : Hamburg (Germany) 1873 to date J : Paris (Westphallia) 1808-1809 M.C. : Brunswick (Brunswick) 1813-14, 1820 P.R. : Dusseldorf (Julich-Berg) 1783-1804 S : Dresden (Saxony) 1813-1832 S : Hannover (Hannover) 1839-1844
Wow, didn't know there were so many!! They almost ran out of letters to use. Thanks for the info :thumb:
Wow, that list is awesome Regandon! That is a big help. I was only able to figure out what is listed in the 20th Century Krause book, but that is really all inclusive. I'm going to keep a copy of that list in my own personal collection files if you don't mind!
Keep in mind that many of those mints operated at times when "Germany" was a conglomerate of dozens of more or less independent countries. You could even add more. For example, C was also used for Kleve (1750-67, I think); E was also used for Königsberg (until about 1800); T was used for the Tabora mint (East Africa, in WW1). In Alsace, the Strasbourg mint was supposed to get the K mintmark after 1871, but the equipment was apparently brought to Hamburg instead ... Christian
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