Country:

Germany, Federal Republic

Series:

1948~1950 - Bank Deutscher Laender

Catalog codes:

Colnect codes DE-000001
World Coins km A101

Variants:

2

Themes:

Crops | Plants (Flora) | Trees

Issued on:

1948

Last issue date:

1949

Distribution:

Standard Circulation

Mints:

Baden-Wurttemberg State Mint (Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg), Karlsruhe, Germany (G Mint Mark) | Baden-Wurttemberg State Mint (Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg), Stuttgart, Germany (F Mint Mark) | Bavarian State Mint (Bayerishe Hauptmunzamt), Munich, Germany (D Mint Mark) | Hamburg Mint (Hamburgische Munze), Germany (I or J Mint Mark)

Composition:

Bronze clad Steel

Edge:

Plain/smooth

Orientation:

Medal alignment ↑O↑

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

2 grams

Diameter:

16.5 mm

Thickness:

1.38 mm

Face value:

1 Pf. - German pfennig

Known mintage:

642,120,685

Composition Details:

91% Iron, 6,3-5,5% copper, 1,5-2,3% Zinc, 1,2% carbon

Score:

21% Accuracy: Very High

Description:

Front: (value) 1
legend: (top, mint mark) D - J between 2 spikes/ears
(bottom, currency) PFENNIG
D (Munich, Bavaria, 1872-)
F (Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, 1872-)
G (Karlsruhe, Baden 1872-)
J (Hamburg, Free city, 1873-)
Back: Young oak tree with five leaves on horizontal line
The young nation with the 5 old duchchies Swabia, Franconia, Saxony, Thuringia and Bavaria
legend: (owner) BANK DEUTSCHER LÄNDER
(bottom, year between/dots) •(1948 or 1949)•
Designer: Adolf Joger, Frankfurt am Main
Edge: P - plain, type: П.