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Image:  for-cns.jpg44.01 KB Image: for-cns2.jpg44.12 KB Hello. I just picked up this handful of coins and wondering if anyone could help me out with them. I do not really know anything about foreign coins, so any info would be great. #1 is a 1942 10 Pfennig, assumed to be German. It has an eagle over a swastika on the back. #2 is the same, except 1941 #3 is a 1935 50 Pfennig. This is a very light coin. I had to do a drop test to make sure it was metal. This coin has the same eagle, but no swastika. I believe that the Nazis did not adopt the swastika until that year, so it was not on their coin. #4 is pretty visible, so use the pics. #5 1912 1 Heller? #6 1876 1 Pfennig, with an eagle behind a shield. It looks like the shield has the same eagle on it. So if anyone could tell me if these are worth anything... What was their approximate value to USD? Thanks for your help! Jordan
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1. German 1942 10 pfennig (zinc)
2. Same as number 1 (different year)
3. Also german, 50 pfennig (probably silver)
4. German 10 pfennig, Mintmark F
5. Austria 1912 1 heller
6. Also German, First Reich 1876, 1 pfennig.
(hopefully I haven't got this wrong)
I believe you might be able to pick those out from your dealer's 10 cent-a-piece box. So they aren't worth too much unfortunately.
The 3th, 5th and 6th might be worth more than 1 dollar but I will let others say.
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gxseries, Thank you for your reply.
The 50 Pfennig, could it be aluminum? Did they ever make coins out of aluminum?
It is extremely light. The 1876 (smallest) coin probably weighs more than this one does.
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United States
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First off, yes, the 50 pfennig is aluminum. Germany used aluminum in several coins during the early 1900's, including the 1 pfennig from 1917-1918 (end of the Empire issues), also some 3-mark coins of the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich.
Secondly, #5 is not from Austria, but from German East Africa (Tanganyika), after WWII, it became a British mandate, using the coinage of East Africa (along with Kenya and Uganda), later united with the island of Zanzibar, taking the name TANZANIA (TAN from Tanganyika, ZAN from Zanzibar) . There should be a "J" mintmark on the reverse (from the Hamburg mint). It is listed as KM#7, with a mintage of just over 7 million. F=$0.75, VF=$1.50, XF=$4.00, UNC=$20.00.
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Thanks kuhli, that was some great info.
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Australia
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jdheyne does that mean you like to collect german coins?
Interesting point is that the coins you have may not be worth a hell of a lot but they do span through both world wars.
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KLD,
These were the first non-canadian foreign coins I have had.
I am not a big foreign collector... mainly American.
But I do really enjoy the history of coins and may eventually shift my focus.
Jordan
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