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West Germany Brd 1 Pfennig 1950 J - Different Material? From The 5 PF?

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 Posted 10/10/2016  5:23 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add filip to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I have found this coin in an old collection, with the handwritten note included, but I am not sure is this coin particularly has same error, or the note was initially written for some other coin.

Discoloration on the reverse is because some kind of gum(?) has been stuck, so it seems that it preserved the original color of the coin.

I am not sure... any idea?

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 Posted 10/13/2016  04:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add UltraRant to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A regular 1 Pfennig is made of copper clad steel and should thus be red to deep brown - just as copper colorizes over time and when used.

The 5 Pfennig coin was made of brass plated steel and is thus very yellow/golden in its shine. I can't see what your coin actually is made of, as both the pictures and my screen (and especially the combination) aren't good enough.

You can check if the coin is actually just plain steel, lacking the copper plating. My screen and the pics (especially the combination of both) aren't good enough for me to determine. It's really a shame about the gum spot, as it's really a nice coin otherwise. I am not familiar with this variety of error (if it's indeed an error), but I can tell you that, especially right after the Second World War, a lot of coins with errors have been struck for the Bundesrepublik and 1950 wasn't an exception to the rule.
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