Obverse
BANK DEUTSCHER LÄNDER 1949
Value “10 PFENNIG” between ears of wheat, surrounded by oak leaves.
AJEngraved by Adolf Jäger
Germany 10 Reichspfennig 1949 F
Germany · 1949 · 10 pfennigsCommon
€10.00minimum price
120,932,000coins minted
N3425 KM103
The coin's story
The value surrounded by wheat and the letter of workshop F on an oak leaf crown symbolize the monetary novelty of the post-war period. Hit in 1949 in Hamburg, this coin in bronze plated steel marks the return to economic stability in the Federal Republic.
Reverse
F 10 PFENNIG
Letter of workshop “F” and date 1949 under legend BANK DEUTSCHER LÄNDER.
Engraved by
Specifications
- Denomination10 pfennigs
- Year1949
- Mintage120,932,000
- MintStaatliche Münze Baden-Württemberg
- Materialplated steel brass
- ShapeRound
- Diameter21.5 mm
- Thickness1.7 mm
- Weight4 g
- EdgePlain
- ScriptsLatin
Actual size
Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 1.7 mm.
Composition
Copper 70 %Zinc 30 %
Reference catalogues
Same country, same period at the scale of real diameters
1 pfennig1950 · 17 mm
1 pfennig1952 · 17 mm
5 pfennigs1948 · 19 mmBy the same engraver: Adolf Jäger 15 coins
1949Germany 10 Reichspfennig 1949 small J
1949Germany 10 Reichspfennig 1949 D sharp grains
1949Allemagne 5 pfennigs 1949 D
1950Germany 10 pfennigs 1950 D
1950Germany 1 pfennig 1950 small J
1950Germany 1 pfennig 1950 F
1950Allemagne 5 pfennigs 1950 petit J
1950Allemagne 5 pfennigs 1950 F
1972Allemagne 2 pfennigs 1972 J
1974Germany 1 pfennig 1974 J