Pfennig

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The pfennig was a small coin and the minor unit of the German currency. It's value was 1/100 of a Deutsche Mark and other German currencies with the name Mark. Image:Pfennig.jpg

The Deutschmark 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 1945, when the German currency was still the RM (Reichs-Mark) there was a special sign for the pfennig: Image:Symbol.Pfennig.png (U+20B0, decimal 8368) .

The fening is 1/100 of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Convertible Mark.

See also: bracteate, pennyde:Pfennig es:Pfennig eo:Pfenigo fr:Pfennig pl:Fenig ru:Пфенниг