Germany 1874-F 10 pfennig

from the Wildman Collection

This coin is an copper-nickel ten pfennig from a type issued 1873-89 from the Berlin (mintmark "A"), Hannover (mintmark "B"), Frankfurt (mintmark "C"), Munich (mintmark "D"), Dresden (mintmark "E"), Stuttgart (mintmark "F", shown here), Karlsruhe (mintmark "G") and Hamburg (mintmark "J") mints. Under the German Empire of 1871-1918, the denominations of two mark and up were permitted for the formerly independent principalities while the lower denominations (one pfennig thru one mark) were minted to a unified design.

Recorded mintage: 7,309,000 (a common date).

Specification: 4 g, copper-nickel, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 4.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.

Link to:

• 1873-A mark
• 1874-H pfennig
• 1874-E 10 pfennig
• 1874-H 20 pfennig
• 1874-D mark
• 1874-H mark
• Oldenburg 1874-B 10 mark
• Prussia 1874-A 5 mark
• Schaumburg-Lippe 1874-B 20 mark
• 1875-B 2 pfennig
• Germany 1875-A 10 pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1874
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