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Very nice guys and thanks. Dearborn I'm waiting to get my 50 Reichpfennig. Yours was struck at the Bavarian central mint in Munich while mine is a rare 1938 "J" which means it was struck at the Hamburg mint. These coins are significant, both of them, because they were made from nickle. A very essential metal used in many different alloys for WW2 weaponry and the Nazi's wasted little time confiscating from their citizens these nickle coins and replacing them with zinc and/or aluminum ones. https://coinstrail.com/catalog/germ...eichspfennig

In fact this was their SOP throughout the occupied territories their forces over-ran. They would grab all the nickle and silver coinage they could and replace them with zinc, iron, and aluminum coins which wore down much faster and more easily. Canny citizens, of all country's, horded their nickle and silver coins because they knew they would retain value better then the occupation coins would. And of course the Nazi's looted all the gold and gems they could from the Jews and from the occupied countrys.

But since much fewer occupation coins were struck, and because they deteriorated so rapidly, many in fact have numismatic value today despite their use of inferior metals.

Of particular interest to the Nazi's were gold, silver, platinum, and nickle. The last three for Industrial purposes mainly and gold, while also used in Industry, was seized mainly for its monetary value. The Nazi Govt. also had a serious nickle problem since their main source of supply was from the Soviet Union, which of course dried up after they invaded. The allies on the other hand had huge and secure nickle reserves from the Canadian mines which produced over 90% of the worlds nickle.

Without which America could never have become the "Arsenal of Democracy".

Thank you Gary and Bryan

Wonderful additions!

In 1934 the first 1 Mark coin was struck by the new Nazi led Govt. . These were nickle coins and I believe the last ones made of this critical war Industry metal was struck in 1938 or 1939. Nickle/steel alloys were used in many WW2 weapons systems and Germany had none. The allies, in contrast, had access to the booming nickle mines in Northern Ontario in the Sudbury Basin that produced almost all the allies demand for nickle.

Struck in the State Mint, Karlsruhe Germany

Very nice additions, Silverskunk...

Thanks Skunk for explaining that (up thread)

I'll be on the look out for some more..

also, great adds too.

Very nice!