Description
Aluminium
Obv: Denomination
Rev: Grain sprigs flank hammer and protractor
Obverse
Hammer and compass on two wheat stalks symbolizing the alliance of the working class with the toiling peasants and the creative intelligentsia, after the emblem of the Five-Year Plan.
Lettering: 1952
Reverse
Grain sprigs flank hammer and protractor
Mintmark below PFENNIG
Lettering:
DEUTSCHLAND
5 PFENNIG
E
Translation:
German
5 Pfennig
E
Engraver: Franz Paul Krischker
Edge
Plain
Mints
A Berlin, Germany (1280-date)
E Muldenhütten, Germany (1887-1953)