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5 Pfennigs - Altenburg

5 Pfennigs - Altenburg - obverse5 Pfennigs - Altenburg - reverse

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Features

Issuer City of Altenburg (Thuringia) (Federal state of Thuringia)
Period Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
Type Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins
Year 1920
Value 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05)
Currency Mark (1914-1924)
Composition Zinc
Weight 2.4 g
Diameter 17.5 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
41734
References Funck 2012# 13.1
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# 348.1
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# 486.1
Peter Menzel; 2018. Deutschsprachige Notmünzen und Geldersatzmarken im In- und Ausland 1840-2002 (2nd Digital Edition). Winfried Bogon Verlag für Digitale Publikationen, Berlin, Germany.
, AFA# 375
Paul Arnold, Max Fischer, Ulli Arnold; 1992. Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein 1873-1945. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Münzkabinett, Dresden, Saxony, Germany.

Obverse

Toothed rim, legend surrounding denomination centered

Script: Latin (Fraktur blackletter)

Lettering:
Stadt Altenburg
5
✤ Pfennig ✤

Lettering (regular font):
Stadt Altenburg
5
✤ Pfennig ✤

Engraver: Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein

Reverse

Toothed rim, decretive circle surrounding Coat of Arms centered

Script: Latin (Fraktur blackletter)

Lettering: 1920

Lettering (regular font): 1920

Engraver: Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein

Edge

Plain

Mint

Muldenhütten, Germany (1887-1953)

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1920  450 000 $ 4.30 $ 4.30

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