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10 Pfennig - Wilhelm II type 2 - small shield
| Issuer | German Empire (Deutsches Reich) |
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| Year | 1890-1916 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The Imperial German arms featuring the heraldic eagle displayed with wings spread, bearing a small Hohenzollern shield on its breast. The eagle is rendered in the Prussian style with detailed feathering, and the mint mark letter appears near the lower edge of the field beneath the eagle's talons. The design is enclosed within a toothed inner border. |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '10' dominates the central field, with the circular legend 'DEUTSCHES REICH' arcing across the upper portion and the date positioned to the right along the rim. The denomination '• PFENNIG •' is inscribed along the lower arc, with small raised dots serving as separators on either side. The entire design is framed by a toothed inner border and a plain outer rim, presenting a clean, typographic composition. |
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The small-shield variant replaced the large-shield type in 1890 following a minor heraldic revision to the imperial eagle's breast plate — a change so subtle that it went largely unnoticed in circulation but is the defining distinction between KM#4 and this issue. Production ran across Hamburg, Berlin, and Munich mints through the early war years, with the 1916 pieces among the last copper-nickel coins Germany would strike before wartime metal shortages forced a shift to iron for subsidiary coinage.