Is a single german pfennig equal to a cent, or is it the "cent" denomination in Germany? And does anyone have the mintage figures for the single pfennig for the third reich?
No mintage figures, but I always equated the pfennig with the cent. Then again I could be wrong, but that is what I thought.
The pfennig would be considered to be their version of the "cent". There were 100 pfennigs to the Mark. (This does NOT mean that 1 pfennig = 1 cent) As for mintage figures what year and mint?
As far as a Pfennig goes, it was (pre-euro) the basic unit (least coin) of the decimal coin system in Germany, as it is/was 1/100 of the Mark in the same way that a Cent is the basic unit of a decimal coin system in the US and is 1/100 of a Dollar. Same with Kopeks being the basic unit (1/100) of a Ruble in Russia and Centavos the basic unit of a Peso in Mexico. The problem comes with trying to equate a Mark to a Dollar to a Ruble to a Peso. It really isn't the same. Currency fluctuates relative to each other. Even Canadian Cents and Dollars rarely have the same value as the US ones.
Mintages 1939A 97,541,000 1939B 22,732,000 1939D 20,760,000 1939E 12,478,000 1939F 12,282,000 1939G 12,250,000 1939J 8,368,000
As an aside on pfennings, it used to be very popular to have "pfenning checks" in German bars. Any unfortunate soul, (many times a tourist), who did not have a pfenning on them had to buy a round. This continued well after they stopped making pfennings, even after converting to the Euro. My cousin got caught short there once. The next day he went to a German coin shop and bought himself a pfenning to keep in his wallet.
