1 Pfennig "Judenpfennig"

Features

Issuer	Free imperial city of Frankfurt (German States)
Type	Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens
Year	1819
Value	1 Pfennig (1⁄240)
Currency	Thaler
Composition	Copper
Weight	1.2 g
Diameter	18 mm
Thickness	0.5 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 33478
References	KM# Tn5 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , JuF# 1997a Paul Joseph, Eduard Fellner. Die Münzen von Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany (3 volumes). , Jaeg 2 FH# 7 Kurt Jaeger; 1969. Die Münzprägungen der deutschen Staaten vor Einführung der Reichswährung / Band 2. Baden, Frankfurt, Kurhessen, Hessen-Darmstadt, Hessen-Homburg (2^nd Edition). Munzen & Medaillen, Basel, Switzerland.

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Series: Judenpfennig

Obverse

Two-fold shield within laurel wreath.

Reverse

Denomination, date within laurel wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
+I+
.1819.

Edge

Plain

Comments

This token also circulated as Duits in the Netherlands around 1820. They were imported because of a shortage of small denominations.

This token is known in the Netherlands as Bleyensteinse Duit, after the shopkeeper Bleyenstein who gave them as change but refused to accept these tokens as payments. A furious crowd plundered his house in protest. The tokens soon disappeared after new Half Cent & Cent coins became available in sufficient quantities.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1819					$ 6.00	$ 6.00	$ 12	$ 13

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Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 158 Lot 478	14 May 2025	UNC	USD 58.03 (EUR 50.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 188 Lot 999	27 Mar 2026	XF	USD 30.18 (EUR 26.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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