Germany (Third Reich) 10 reichspfennigs 1940 D

Germany · 1940 · 10 pfennigs

Circulating coinCommon

€1.09estimate

45,434,000coins minted

N1929 KM101

RAReference number RARA-TSIZ7

Circulating coin

Series of zinc 10 Reichspfennig (1940-1945)

The coin's story

This zinc 10 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 45,434,000 pieces in Munich.

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

10 REICHSPFENNIG D

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

OVEngraved by Otto Vogt and Hans Herbert Schweitzer