I need help identifying this coin. Any info on value, desirability or background is appreciated. Cheers.
google gives a clue... pfennig deutsches reich 1876 https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=pSr-W-raKIWkjwTd6pzICQ&q=pfennig deutsches reich 1876&oq=pfennig d&gs_l=psy-ab.1.4.0l2j0i22i30l8.1686.7576..13322...0.0..0.140.985.3j6......0....1..gws-wiz.....0..0i131j0i10.4M04ThjJzlc hard to read the denomination...what diameter is the coin?
Did a google search on the lettering around the rim of the coin and found some history on it. That site also had similar coins linked to eBay that showed a starting bid of .99 and they had more detail, so probably not much value. But I am just starting to get into coins so I could be way off.lol
It is very close to the size of a dime, slightly larger. Thanks for the info, ill do a bit of research and see what I can find
1 pfennig is slightly smaller than a dime... https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3410.html 2 pfennig is slightly larger than a dime... https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1923.html I think yours is a 2 pfennig. I can imagine seeing the 2 in your picture.
No, it's not a 2-pfennig, because those were copper. It's a 5-pfennig piece, struck in copper-nickel (note the whiter color). They also struck 10-pfennig pieces in the same composition, but those were closer to the diameter of a US nickel. The "D" mintmark is for Munich. The 1876-D 5-pfennig is a very common coin and would be worth $1.00 in Fine. This one does not even approach that grade, however, and as such, it's worth only a few cents numismatically, but to someone interested, maybe about a quarter to fifty cents simply by virtue of it being from the 1800s.
These are very common bulk bag finds for me. I could have made pretty good progress towards a date and mintmark set of them by now if I had been trying.
