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25 Pfennig - Wilhelm II Pattern
| Issuer | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A semi-draped seated figure of Mercury faces left, wearing the characteristic winged petasus helmet. The deity is depicted in a classical allegorical style, resting in a relaxed posture with attributes at his feet. To the upper left of the field, the large denomination numeral '25' appears above the inscription PFENNIG in raised letters. The mint mark 'A' for the Berlin Mint appears in the lower exergue area. |
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Pattern coinage for the German Imperial series was typically produced at the Berlin mint under tight Reichsbank oversight, with proposed denominations often killed at the bureaucratic level before any public release. A 25 Pfennig denomination had no place in the established Imperial fractional system — the series jumped from 20 to 50 — which almost certainly explains why this piece never progressed beyond the pattern stage.
Silver-plated copper was the standard trial medium when testing a design's visual effect without committing to a silver alloy run.