Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Pfennig - Wilhelm II type 2 - small shield - Pattern
| Issuer | Germany (1871-1948) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The Imperial German eagle (Reichsadler) displayed with wings spread, rendered in high relief. The bird faces left with its head in profile, beak open, and both wings fully extended with detailed feathering. At the center of the breast is a small heraldic shield (Type 2, small shield variant), surmounted by an imperial crown. The mint mark 'A' appears at the lower rim. No peripheral legend is present on this side. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Germany's wartime zinc coinage experiments of 1916 reflect the acute material shortages imposed by the Allied naval blockade, which had effectively cut off copper and nickel imports. This piece — catalogued as a pattern rather than a circulation strike — was part of the broader emergency metals program that would eventually produce the widely-issued zinc and iron pfennig types of 1915–1918. The Schaaf pattern reference series documents dozens of die and material trials from this period, most produced in very small numbers at the Berlin mint and never formally approved for release.