Pattern coinage for the German Empire's 25 Pfennig denomination was explored in the years before the First World War as the imperial monetary administration debated whether a silver piece in this value made economic sense — the existing 20 Pfennig in silver had already been discontinued in 1892 after chronic underuse, and the 25 Pfennig faced similar skepticism. The denomination was never adopted for circulation.
Surviving examples are almost entirely from official or presentation sources. The Berlin Mint produced patterns in very limited numbers, and institutional dispersal over the twentieth century accounts for most pieces known today.
Pattern coinage for the German Empire's 25 Pfennig denomination was explored in the years before the First World War as the imperial monetary administration debated whether a silver piece in this value made economic sense — the existing 20 Pfennig in silver had already been discontinued in 1892 after chronic underuse, and the 25 Pfennig faced similar skepticism. The denomination was never adopted for circulation.
Surviving examples are almost entirely from official or presentation sources. The Berlin Mint produced patterns in very limited numbers, and institutional dispersal over the twentieth century accounts for most pieces known today.