Germany (Third Reich) 1 REICHSPFENNIG 1940 A

Germany · 1940 · 1 pfennig

Circulating coinCommonVF · Very fine

€4.51estimate in VF

27,094,471coins minted

N1912 KM89

RAReference number RARA-IOGH7

Circulating coin

Series of bronze 1 Reichspfennig with the eagle (1936-1940)

The coin's story

This bronze 1 Reichspfennig coin belongs to the series that the Third Reich introduced in 1936 to replace the types of the Weimar Republic. The eagle with outspread wings holds a swastika within a wreath, above the legend DEUTSCHES REICH and the date. This type, still struck in a copper alloy, was abandoned in 1940: as copper was reserved for armaments, the small denominations switched to zinc. The 1940 date has 27,094,471 pieces in Berlin. This 1940 example is therefore one of the last in bronze before zinc.

ObverseThe Eagle and the Swastika

DEUTSCHES REICH 1940

Design: The eagle with outspread wings above a swastika within a wreath.
Legend: DEUTSCHES REICH (German Reich).
Date: 1940.

FKEngraved by Franz Paul Krischker

ReverseThe Value

1 REICHSPFENNIG A

Design: The value in the centre, the mint letter between two oak leaves in the exergue.
Denomination: 1 REICHSPFENNIG.
Mark: A, the Berlin Mint.

FKEngraved by Franz Paul Krischker