ObverseThe Oak Sprout
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND 1950
- Design
- A young oak sprout.
- Legend
- BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND (Federal Republic of Germany).
- Date
- 1950.
AJEngraved by Adolf Jäger
Germany · 1950 · 5 pfennigsSeries of 5 pfennig with the oak sprout (1950-2001)
This 5 pfennig coin, in brass-clad steel, belongs to the small denominations of the Deutsche Mark, created by the currency reform of 20 June 1948. It takes up Adolf Jäger's design of the first coins of 1949: a young oak sprout on one side, the value between two ears of rye on the other. The legend BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND replaced that of the Bank deutscher Länder from 1950. The type was struck from 1950 to 2001 at the Munich, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe and Hamburg mints, and later also in Berlin. According to Numista, this coin is magnetic. The coin ceased to be legal tender on 31 December 2001, with the changeover to the euro. This example bears a small J, Numista distinguishes a small and a large J for 1950, without a separate mintage.
Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 1.7 mm.
1949Germany 10 pfennig 1949 small J
1949Germany 10 pfennig 1949 F
1949Germany 10 pfennig 1949 D pointed grains
1949Germany 5 pfennigs 1949 D
1950Germany 10 pfennig 1950 D
1950Germany 1 pfennig 1950 small J
1950Germany 1 pfennig 1950 F
1950Germany 5 pfennigs 1950 F
1972Germany 2 pfennigs 1972 J
1974Germany 1 Pfennig 1974 J
1 pfennig1950 · 17 mm
1 pfennig1952 · 17 mm
5 pfennigs1948 · 19 mm
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