25 Pfennig - Wilhelm II Pattern

This 1909 pattern was struck as part of a broader German Imperial effort to reform the subsidiary coinage, with copper-nickel being tested as a replacement for the existing nickel alloy then in use. Patterns from this campaign rarely made it past the trial stage, and the 25 Pfennig denomination was ultimately never issued for circulation under Wilhelm II in any revised form. The Kaiserliche Münze in Berlin produced these pieces in extremely limited numbers for official evaluation only.