Is this a mistake or am I stupid? [επιλυμένο]

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1952.html

This coin has the wrong image in the Catalogue?

It says that it should have on the Obverse:

Wheat ears drawing a pyramid
Lettering: D 1924

But I see the date 1994....

What is wrong with it?

it looks like the right picture to me, it's not a mistake, so that means.......

Just look carefully. It is really a 2 there.

Απόσπασμα: "Jarcek"​Just look carefully. It is really a 2 there.

​wow... gotta look really carefully :)

Απόσπασμα: "neilithic"​it looks like the right picture to me, it's not a mistake, so that means.......

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haha i deserve that

thanks for the replies

If you have better picture, you are free to upload it - I must agree this one might be rather misleading.

Απόσπασμα: "pizzifini"​haha i deserve that
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​thanks for the replies

​Sorry, I couldn't resist.

It's an easy mistake to make. Unfortunately I only have the Reischspfennig version of that coin, not the Retentpfennig coin so I can't replace it. Perhaps another member has a better copy of that coin?

I have one, but I am not sure it is in better condition that we already have pictured here...

It's a common mistake, you often see these coins with some worn at the base of the date.
But if you look close enough (enlarging the picture always helps):

If you know these coins then you wouldn't make the mistake because the retentpfennig weren't minted past the 1920s

Απόσπασμα: "neilithic"it looks like the right picture to me, it's not a mistake, so that means.......

Ow ow Neil, first you imply he's stupid and now you imply he's ignorant?

Posted by neilithic on 29-Jan-2016, 01:30AM

If you know these coins then you wouldn't make the mistake because the retentpfennig weren't minted past the 1920s

But I'm ignorant too, I don't know anything either about a retentpfennig.

Sorry, that was a typo, meant to be rentenpfennig

I was just indicating that the reason he thought it was a mistake was because he hadn't dealt with the coins before. It's an easy mistake to make if you're not familiar with the time period the coins were issued.

Απόσπασμα: "neilithic"Sorry, I couldn't resist.

No worries, I was just joking.
I couldn't resist either, just teasing you (with your typo) like you were teasing pizzifini.

I submitted a change request for pics of a coin with less wear:
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[EDIT] ...and validated (check)

Hooray, all's well that ends well.

Απόσπασμα: "ArnoV"​I submitted a change request for pics of a coin with less wear:
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​[EDIT] ...and validated (check)

​ Thanks - I also rotated and cropped them on that page just now as well.

Now aren't we collaborative!

When you look at anything long enough, you start to see things.

Why do the ears on the right each have two stems, and the ones on the left have two, one and three each? Who would expect this kind of assymetry from Germans , of all people?

I guess it's art. I really love the art deco on coins from the 1920's. No kidding.

It is also worth notice that the Rentenmark seems to be the first series featuring oak leafs, which have appeared on pfennigs ever since, and are now even on the 1-2-5 euro cent.

Well done for the image change guys!

Απόσπασμα: "ArnoV"​Why do the ears on the right each have two stems, and the ones on the left have two, one and three each? Who would expect this kind of assymetry from Germans , of all people?
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​Arno, I've been noticing this on these coins ever since you mentioned it, and it bugs me every time now! Thanks ever so much!

I'm not a specialist in art, but I think the assymetry comes from the artist's desire to give the ears a tilted look, as if wind blown. The bottom of the right most stem is in a vertical line with the points where the right ears join the stems, while this is not so on the left side. So there's wind coming from the left, and it is not far-fetched to interprete this in a political way: the art scene of the time was heavily inspired by the socialist movement, and as a matter of fact, Germany was not really far away from becoming a communist state in the 1920's.
Also, rendering natural shapes as geometrical shapes, like the diamond motive here, was common for the art of that period.