50 Reichspfennig - Pattern

The German monetary reform of 1923–1924 replaced the catastrophically inflated Papiermark with the Rentenmark and later the Reichsmark, triggering an urgent redesign of the entire coinage system. Several experimental compositions were trialed before final types were fixed — this brass Probe (pattern) for the 50 Reichspfennig was part of that process. The production type ultimately adopted was struck in aluminum bronze, making this brass variant an artifact of bureaucratic deliberation rather than public circulation.