Germany Empire Minor Coins Type Set - Deutsches Reich Kleinmuenzen
2 Pfennig (1874-1877) J. 2, KM# 2

Owner Comments:

This particular coin was purchased on eBay already slabbed for a very fair price. It was a fire-and-forget bid that held up. The 2 pfennig denomination seems to be a little bit less collectible than the silver coins. Below the silver and 1 pfennig, but still more desirable than the 5 and 10 pfennigs. The coin has that nice blue green color in the luster that I like to see on mint state brown coppers. This replaced a fairly ho-hum MS63RB I had filling the slot before.

The early 2 pfennig coins were minted in large amounts, fairly quickly but then did not see much use. They are easier to find in high grades when compared to their 1 pfennig counterparts. With such an excess of 2 pfennig coins, they stopped production in 1877 and didn’t start it up again until 1904. This coin was not officially retired until 1942, resulting in nearly 70 years of potential circulation.