Germany (Third Reich) 1 REICHSPFENNIG 1943 A

Germany · 1943 · 1 pfennig

Circulating coinCommon

€0.63estimate

372,401,495coins minted

N2586 KM97

RAReference number RARA-7JOCL

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 1943 date has 372,401,495 pieces in Berlin.

ObverseThe Eagle and the Swastika

DEUTSCHES REICH 1943

Design: The eagle with outspread wings above the swastika.
Legend: DEUTSCHES REICH (German Reich).
Date: 1943.

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