Pfennig

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The pfennig is a small coin and the minor unit of the German currency. Its value was 1/100 of a German mark and other German currencies with the name mark.

1918 25 pfennig coin. The word on the top means "wartime money".

The Deutsche Mark Pfennig became obsolete with the introduction of euro coins and notes in 2002. Sometimes, however, the term is used in German to refer to the euro cent.

The pfennig was originally a small silver coin first produced during the Middle Ages.

Before 1948, when the German currency was still the RM (Reichsmark) there was a special sign for the pfennig: Image:Symbol.Pfennig.png (U+20B0, decimal 8368) .

The pfennig is 1/100 of Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark.