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chronos Valued Member Lebanon 484 Posts	Posted 05/20/2023 08:11 am Hello do you think this is an error or pattern coin , usually 1 pfennig 1970 is made of copper and should be red this one is yellow like the 10 pfennig Thanks for help Edited by chronos 05/20/2023 5:39 pm Report this Post to the Staff

nss-52 Moderator United States 54168 Posts	Posted 05/20/2023 09:03 am What is the weight and diameter? Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here) See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) Report this Post to the Staff
collector.detector Pillar of the Community United States 505 Posts	Posted 05/20/2023 3:59 pm Also please provide a photo of the edge. It may be plated. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 16637 Posts	Posted 05/20/2023 4:20 pm A 1970 West German 1-pfennig coin should be magnetic and masw of bronze-clad steel. You should be able to see the steel on the edge, rather like you see the copper on the edge of post-1964 American clad coins. I think it's likely to have been plated, but it would be interesting to see the edge. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
chronos Valued Member Lebanon 484 Posts	Posted 05/20/2023 5:39 pm it has the same size as the normal pfennig and it is magnetic also. I added a picture of the edge to the post Report this Post to the Staff
chronos Valued Member Lebanon 484 Posts	Posted 05/22/2023 4:36 pm what do you think Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16287 Posts	Posted 05/22/2023 6:16 pm The most logical explanation is that it's a normal 1970G 1 pfennig, that has been plated. It would not have been done in the mint, so it's not a mint error or pattern. - It's magnetic, so it has a steel core like a regular pfennig (i.e. it's not solid brass). - You can't see the steel core on the rim, like you can on a regular German coin. This means it's not some kind of "they used the wrong sheet of metal to punch out the blanks" error. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
chronos Valued Member Lebanon 484 Posts	Posted 05/23/2023 11:11 am they have produced many pattern not in solid brass but steel or iron plated but couldn't find this date on numista Edited by chronos 05/23/2023 11:18 am Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 16637 Posts	Posted 05/23/2023 5:31 pm Quote: The most logical explanation is that it's a normal 1970G 1 pfennig, that has been plated. It would not have been done in the mint, so it's not a mint error or pattern. By 1970 this coin had been in production for 20 years. Patterns may well have been struck in 1949 and 1950 when the Wesr German treasury may have been deciding what form their new currency would take, but it's unlikely they would have suddenly struck a pattern in a different metal in 1970. It was also a very low value coin and it would not have been viable to strike it from a more expensive alloy. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Olek1984 New Member Poland 3 Posts	Posted 07/09/2023 08:52 am Hi! It`s maybe helpfull for you https://coinstrail.com/catalog/germ...ng-1-pfennig on the down of page coolected mint mistakes for 1 pf. FRG, such as off-center strike, rotated die, unplated. Report this Post to the Staff
Bojan Radosavljevic Valued Member Bosnia And Herzegovina 203 Posts	Posted 07/10/2023 07:21 am in my collection I have over 100 pieces of 1 pfennig coins from the seventies of the last century and all of them are gold plated, otherwise the Germans used to stick a gold plated 1 pfennig coin in their savings books as a charm that brings money into the house. Report this Post to the Staff
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