NAZI 10 REICHSPFENNIG SWASTIKA 1940 Zinc J Nazi Germany World War II

Nazi Germany, 3rd Reich
10 Reichspfennig WITH SWASTIKA 1940
Mint 
Hamburg


Denomination10 Reichspfennig

Obv:  The arms - the eagle with the open wings holds in paws a wreath from oak leaves with a swastika. In the bottom - there is an semicircular conventionalized Gothic inscription: DEUTSCHES REICH 1940.

Deutſches Reich

· 1940 ·

Rev: Face value '10' with oak leaves, between leaves there is mint mark 'J' (variants: A, B, D, E, F, G, J). Above it there is the semicircular conventionalized Gothic inscription: REICHPFENNIG
Reichspfennig

Material: Zinc Size: 21 mm, Weight: 4 grams, Edge: incised (90 corrugations), thickness: 1.8 mm

 Mint mark: J = Hamburg

This type of coin have been struck in 1940 - 1945.

 Reichsmark and Reichspfennig

Nazi Reichspfennig Coins! Nazi German coins were produced in various metals. In later years, all Third Reich German coins were to feature the Nazi eagle with swastika. The Reichsmark (English: Realm Mark; symbol: RM) was the currency in Germany from 1924 until June 20, 1948. The Reichsmark was subdivided into 100 Reichspfennig.

In 1924, coins were introduced in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 50 Reichspfennig, and 1 and 3 Mark (not Reichsmark). The 1 and 2 Reichspfennig were struck in bronze, with the 5, 10 and 50 Reichspfennig in aluminium-bronze and the two highest denominations in .500 fineness silver. In 1925, .500 fineness silver 1 and 2 Reichsmark coins were introduced for circulation, along with the first commemorative 3 and 5 Reichsmark coins. In 1927, nickel 50 Reichspfennig coins were introduced along with regular-type 5 Reichsmark coins, followed by 3 Reichsmark in 1931.

4 Reichspfennig coins were issued in 1932 as part of a failed attempt by the Reichskanzler Heinrich Br¨¹ning to reduce prices through use of 4 Reichspfennig pieces instead of 5 Reichspfennig coins. Known as the Br¨¹ningtaler or Armer Heinrich ("poor Heinrich"), they were demonetized the following year. See Br¨¹ningtaler (German).
Production of silver 1 Reichsmark coins ended in 1927. In 1933, nickel 1 Reichsmark coins were introduced, and new silver 2 and 5 Reichsmark coins were introduced which were smaller but struck in .625 and .900 fineness so as to maintain the amount of silver. Production of the 3 Reichsmark coin ceased altogether. In 1935, aluminium 50 Reichspfennig coins were introduced, although nickel was again used in 1938 and 1939. From 1936, all coins except the 1 Reichsmark and the first version 5 Reichsmark Paul von Hindenburg (1935-36) bore the Nazi insignia.

During the Second World War, bronze and aluminium-bronze coins were replaced by zinc and aluminium, with the 2 Reichspfennig and denominations over 50 Reichspfennig no longer issued. The last production of coins bearing the swastika was in 1944 for the 5 and 50 Reichspfennig and 1945 for the 1 and 10 Reichspfennig.
After the war, the Allies issued coins in relatively small numbers between 1945 and 1948. 1 Reichspfennig were struck in 1945 and 1946), 5 Reichspfennig in 1947 and 1948, and 10 Reichspfennig between 1945 and 1948. The coins were issued with designs very similar to those of the Third Reich. Only the swastika was removed from beneath the eagle on the obverse.
1 Reichsmark bzw. Rentenmark (RM) = 100 Reichspfennig bzw. Rentenpfennig (Rpf.)
Mit der Währungsreform vom 20. Juni 1948 wurde die Reichsmark gleichzeitig mit den letzten Rentenmarkbanknoten ung¨¹ltig und in den drei Westsektoren Deutschlands die Deutsche Mark, in der Sowjetischen Zone die Deutsche Mark (dann MDN = Mark der deutschen Notenbank und zuletzt M = Mark der DDR) eingef¨¹hrt.
Umrechnungshinweise (Kaufkraft) laut Hamburger Staatsarchiv und Statistischem Bundesamt bezogen auf das Jahr 2000:

  • 1 Reichsmark (1924-1936) = 3,32 Euro
  • 1 Reichsmark (1937/38) = 3,58 Euro

Nazi 3rd Reich Mint Marks 
The 3rd Reich had a number of mints (coin factories). Each mint location had its own identifiable letter. It is therefore possible to identify exactly which mint produced what coin by noting the mint mark (letter) on the coin. Not all mints were authorised to produce coins every year. The mints were also only authorised to produced a set number of coins with some mints allocated a greater production than others. Some of the coins with particular mint marks are therefore scarcer than others. With the silver 2 and 5 Reichsmark coins, the mint mark is found under the date on the left side of the coin (see scans below). On the smaller denomination Reichspfennig coins, the mint mark is found on the bottom center of the coin.
A = Berlin
B = Wien (Vienna)
D = M¨¹nchen (Munich)
E = Muldenh¨¹tten (Dresden)
F = Stuttgart
G = Karlsruhe
J = Hamburg

 

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