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50 Pfennigs - Aachen Alfred Rethel

Features

Issuer City of Aachen (Prussian province of Rhine)
Period Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
Type Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins
Year 1920
Value 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50)
Currency Mark (1914-1924)
Composition Zinc
Weight 4.7 g
Diameter 24.3 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
39044
References Funck 2012# 1.15A
Walter Funck, Ralf Müller, Wolfgang Peltzer; 2012. Die deutschen Notmünzen: Alle amtlichen Ausgaben und deren Varianten der Städte, Gemeinden, Kreise, Länder etc. (8. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany.
, Men05# 70.57
Peter Menzel; 2005. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland (2. Auflage). Münzhandel + Verlag Beate Strothotte, Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2 volumes).
, Men18# 99.57
Peter Menzel; 2018. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland 1840-2002 (2nd Digital Edition). Winfried Bogon Verlag für Digitale Publikationen, Berlin, Germany.

Commemorative issue

ALFRED RETHEL 1816-1859

Obverse

City name and date surrounding denomination centered

Script: Latin

Lettering:
• STADT• AACHEN •
50
1920

Reverse

Legend surrounding bust

Script: Latin

Lettering: ALFRED RETHEL 1816-1859

Edge

Ribbed, ribs 0.8mm spacing

Mint

L. Chr. Lauer Mint (Münzprägeanstalt L. Chr. Lauer), Nuremberg, Germany (1790-1924)

Comments

Variable thickness: 1.6-2.0 mm
Variable weight: 3.7-4.7 grams

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1920  100 875 $ 4.30 $ 5.90 F#1.15A 94%
1920  F#1.15Aa) Reeds 0.8 mm apart 4%
1920  F#1.15Ab) Reeds 0.5 mm apart 3%

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