50 Reichspfennig Pattern

In 1926, the Reichsbank was evaluating coinage compositions following the currency stabilization achieved by the Rentenmark in 1923. Several pattern strikes were produced in alternative metals before final production decisions were made. This copper-nickel trial for the 50 Reichspfennig was never adopted — the circulating type was struck in aluminum-bronze — leaving pattern survivors in extremely limited numbers, most of which passed directly into institutional or specialist collections without ever approaching general circulation.