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1 Pfennig Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Bank Deutscher Länder |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Engraver(s) | Adolf Jäger |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, presenting an unworked, flat planchet surface with no design, legend, or device of any kind, consistent with this piece's purpose as a uniface obverse trial strike intended to test the obverse die only. |
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The Bank deutscher Länder issued coinage during the brief window between the June 1948 currency reform — which replaced the Reichsmark with the Deutsche Mark overnight — and the establishment of the Bundesbank in 1957. Trial pieces from this period were produced in multiple metals as the new authority tested striking parameters before committing to production compositions. A silver obverse trial for a one-pfennig denomination is a peculiar artifact: the circulating issue was struck in zinc-coated steel, making this piece a working document of the minting process rather than anything intended for commerce.