Germany (Third Reich) 1 REICHSPFENNIG 1940 A zinc

Germany · 1940 · 1 pfennig

Circulating coinCommon

€0.89estimate

223,948,000coins minted

N2586 KM97

RAReference number RARA-IQ7OR

Circulating coin

Series of zinc 1 Reichspfennig (1940-1945)

The coin's story

This zinc 1 Reichspfennig coin was struck under the Third Reich, during the Second World War. Pre-war coins contained copper, which the army needed for armaments, from 1940, the 1, 5 and 10 Reichspfennig denominations were therefore struck in zinc, at the seven mints of the Reich, including Vienna (B). Both sides are the work of Otto Vogt and Hans Herbert Schweitzer: the eagle above the swastika on one side, the value and the mint letter between two oak leaves on the other. The 1940 date has 223,948,000 pieces in Berlin.

ObverseThe Eagle and the Swastika

DEUTSCHES REICH 1940

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

OVEngraved by Otto Vogt and Hans Herbert Schweitzer

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.

OVEngraved by Otto Vogt and Hans Herbert Schweitzer