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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | State Mint of the German Democratic Republic (Staatliche Münze der DDR) |
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| Year | 1960-1990 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (0.01 DDM) |
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| Obverse lettering | DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE * REPUBLIK * (Translation: German Democratic Republic) |
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| Mintage | 1960 A - KM# 8.1 - 101,807,993 1961 A - KM# 8.1 - 101,775,914 1962 A - KM# 8.1 - 81,459,160 1963 A - KM# 8.1 - 101,401,582 1964 A - KM# 8.1 - 98,967,334 1965 A - KM# 8.1 - 38,584,510 1968 A - KM# 8.1 - Leningrad Mint (USSR) - 813,680,000 1972 A - KM# 8.1 - 4,800,734 1973 A - KM# 8.1 - 5,517,600 1975 A - KM# 8.1 - 202,752,200 1977 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 61,560,000 1978 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 200,050,000 1979 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 100,640,000 1979 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) Proof - 1980 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 153,000,020 1980 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) Proof - 1981 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 200,436,000 1981 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) Proof - 40 1982 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 99,200,000 1982 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) Proof - 2,500 1983 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 150,000,000 1983 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) Proof - 2,550 1984 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 137,600,000 1984 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) Proof - 3,015 1985 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 125,060,000 1985 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) Proof - 2,816 1986 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 73,900,000 1986 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) Proof - 2,800 1987 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 50,015,000 1987 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) Proof - 2,345 1988 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 75,450,000 1988 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) Proof - 2,300 1989 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 84,410,000 1989 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) Proof - 2,300 1990 A - KM# 8.2 (smaller design features) - 15,670,000 |
| Additional information |
The aluminium 1 Pfennig was introduced in 1960 as the GDR consolidated its monetary identity following the currency reforms that had already split East and West German finances over a decade earlier. Production ran essentially uninterrupted until reunification rendered the entire series obsolete overnight in 1990, when the West German Mark was extended east at a politically motivated 1:1 exchange rate that economists widely criticized as fiscally reckless.
Aluminium blanks of this weight were prone to die fatigue, and later-date examples frequently show softness in the finer details — a known characteristic of the type, not a strike anomaly unique to individual pieces.