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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 59628, member: 669"]A pfennig is a German penny. Both the German Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic (West and East German, respectively) issued that denomination in 1950, but the G mintmark pegs it as West German, since the Karlsruhe Mint was in the Western Zone. (You must have a G, since the C mint mark was last used in 1879 by the Frankfurt Mint.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The new 2006 33rd Ed. Standard Catalog of World Coins values a 1950 copper plated steel Karlsruhe KM#105 at 10¢ XF, $3 Unc. and $5 Proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse legend "BUNDES REPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" means Federal Republic of German and surrounds a 5-leafed plant, with the date at the bottom. A large 1 is in the center of the reverse, over "PFENNIG" with wheat stalks arching over it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 59628, member: 669"]A pfennig is a German penny. Both the German Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic (West and East German, respectively) issued that denomination in 1950, but the G mintmark pegs it as West German, since the Karlsruhe Mint was in the Western Zone. (You must have a G, since the C mint mark was last used in 1879 by the Frankfurt Mint.) The new 2006 33rd Ed. Standard Catalog of World Coins values a 1950 copper plated steel Karlsruhe KM#105 at 10¢ XF, $3 Unc. and $5 Proof. The obverse legend "BUNDES REPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND" means Federal Republic of German and surrounds a 5-leafed plant, with the date at the bottom. A large 1 is in the center of the reverse, over "PFENNIG" with wheat stalks arching over it.[/QUOTE]
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