Germany retired the pfennig on January 1, 2002, when the euro replaced the Deutsche Mark. This 2005 piece is a privately produced nostalgia item, not a Bundesbank issue — the Federal Republic of Germany struck no official 50-Pfennig coinage after 2001, and no government mint authorization exists for this denomination post-euro adoption.
Germany retired the pfennig on January 1, 2002, when the euro replaced the Deutsche Mark. This 2005 piece is a privately produced nostalgia item, not a Bundesbank issue — the Federal Republic of Germany struck no official 50-Pfennig coinage after 2001, and no government mint authorization exists for this denomination post-euro adoption.