Germany (Third Reich) 10 REICHSPFENNIG 1938 J

Germany · 1938 · 10 pfennigs

Circulating coinCommon

€2.00estimate

10,388,883coins minted

N2341 KM92

RAReference number RARA-IGQU7

Circulating coin

Series of aluminium-bronze 10 Reichspfennig with the eagle (1936-1939)

The coin's story

This aluminium-bronze 10 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 1939: as copper was reserved for armaments, the small denominations switched to zinc. The 1938 date has 10,388,883 pieces in Hamburg.

ObverseThe Eagle and the Swastika

DEUTSCHES REICH 1938

Design: The eagle with outspread wings above a swastika within a wreath.
Legend: DEUTSCHES REICH (German Reich).
Date: 1938.

ReverseThe Value

10 REICHSPFENNIG J

Design: The value in the centre, the mint letter between two oak leaves in the exergue.
Denomination: 10 REICHSPFENNIG.
Mark: J, the Hamburg Mint.