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Is some body help me to understand this coin.From one sign It look like Germen. Thanks in advance Image:  1943.jpg52.99 KB Image: .1943.jpg52.99 KB |
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United States
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It is from Germany THIRD REICH. Its called a REICHSPFENNIG. The amount is on the Rev. and mint mark is under that.
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Poland
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I'm guessing it's a 1 reichspfennig.
An "A" mintmark would be the most common one signifying Berlin mint.
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sorry I put both pictures for same side this is the other side. Thanks Image: 1943.jpg57.22 KB |
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United States
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Nice Call on the 1 reichspfennig A mintmark DL20K.
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Australia
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Ja, not much more to add... Jaeger369 - 1943A in Zinc. Some 3,724,014.95 RM (372,401,495 coins) were minted, making it the second most common of the Zinc 1Rpf mintings (only 1942A were minted in greater numbers). Being as Berlin typically minted between 50-55% of ALL mintings, the coin is pretty common (despite what sellers on ebay try to tell you :)... I dont know, what do you want to know about the coin? Feel free to ask... |
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United States
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I just want to know what is this I find in my old pennys jar . I rember I found walking on the road and I just put with the
pennys.
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Germany
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That coin was legal tender in Austria until the end of February 2002 by the way. But with a value of €0.0007 it was basically worthless and did not actually occur in circulation anyway ...
Christian
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Poland
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That coin was legal tender in Austria until the end of February 2002 by the way. But with a value of #65533;0.0007 it was basically worthless and did not actually occur in circulation anyway ... Wow, very interesting info  chrisild, maybe you know some sites about it - with the pleasure I'll read about it  PS. Very nice coin  |
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Chris, really?!?!? Sweet! I thought the Austrian's closed that little hole as soon as the Euro came in... if I remember, it was worth 1/7th of a Groschen, within the Schilling currency.
All other Rpf and RM denominations were demonetised however...
Chris, quick question; is there any suspected 'reason' for this, or was this just an Oversight? I've never been able to find any information to clarify if it was by design or error... :)
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Spain
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Is it still illegal to have these coins with the swasticas in germany?
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Poland
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Is it still illegal to have these coins with the swasticas in germany? It was illegal? I've never heard about it...  If it was, I think that now it isn't illegal - of course if you don't use it to popularization Nazism/Fascism. |
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is there any suspected 'reason' for this, or was this just an Oversight? I've never been able to find any information to clarify if it was by design or error... :) Guess it was an oversight, or they just did not care. Due to its extremely low value, the 1 Groschen coin had practically been phased out long before the euro changeover. Not sure whether those 1 Reichspfennig coins had a value of 1 or 1/7 gr. - if the latter is correct (may well be so), their value and purchasing power would have been even lower. The date I mentioned (end Feb 2002) refers to the end of the dual circulation period, so yes, it was indeed due to the euro changeover. Seems this was a good opportunity to not only practically but also legally "do away" with them. In theory both 1 Rpf zinc types - with swastika (Nazi Germany 1940-45) and without swastika (Allied Occupation 1945-46) could have been used in Austria until then. Practically however ... Christian |
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maybe you know some sites about it Well, there is the Schön catalog ... lemme see whether I can paste that awfully long link here: http://books.google.com/books?id=Gi...nig%22+österreich+-ebay&source=bl&ots=i-B1YYpEZl&sig=fOfdo1XGSFqibpL4ferF0nI3Wdg&hl=de&ei=qBygSeCwM4aS_gaz7f3hCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result (Edit - Sorry, seems you need to copy/paste the link manually. Oh, and here is another page about the coin http://www.germanycash.de/reichsmar...ig-j369.html So yes zaggy, seems that 1/7 groschen is right.) Edited by chrisild
02/21/2009 10:31 am
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Is it still illegal to have these coins with the swasticas in germany? As DagonX wrote, in Germany it has always been perfectly legal to have such coins. Not sure about the GDR (East G.), and maybe there were some restrictions during the Allied Occupation (1945-49), but other than that, you can sell, buy and own them here. What is against the law is nazi propaganda - and that may, in the case of books or uniforms for example, be a difficult issue. But trust me, the nazi coins in my collection are perfectly OK there. Christian |
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Edited by mohammad
02/22/2009 11:58 am
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