Please Help To Identify 10 PFenning 1917

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Russia1981 Valued Member United States 150 Posts	Posted 04/01/2009 7:31 pm 10 pfenning 1917 no mintmark, looks like iron. Can't find in my catalog. Image: pf1917.jpg 66.44 KB Edited by Sap 04/09/2009 07:22 am Report this Post to the Staff

Russia1981 Valued Member United States 150 Posts	Posted 04/01/2009 7:35 pm Image: id.jpg 50.34 KB Report this Post to the Staff
wheatiefan Pillar of the Community United States 508 Posts	Posted 04/01/2009 8:00 pm The 10 pfennig is in my catalog as German Empire KM#20. It is iron. They made zinc coins also, but they don't have the circles around the rim. I don't know what is in your second pic, but it looks like a British coin with Brittania on the reverse. -wheatiefan Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16850 Posts	Posted 04/01/2009 8:09 pm The white spots make me think this is zinc, not iron. Try it with a magnet to make sure - if it sticks, it's iron (KM# 20) with the mintmark corroded away. But I think this is KM# 25, listed in the catalogue (but probably not pictured) as having "eagle and beaded border similar to KM# 20". The second one is a British halfpenny or farthing of George II. The date is missing, but the use of the letter "U" in GEORGIUS", rather than the letter "V", dates this coin to somewhere in the period 1740 - 1745. 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 Edited by Sap 04/01/2009 8:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Russia1981 Valued Member United States 150 Posts	Posted 04/01/2009 8:45 pm Thank you for quick anwers, I just try the magnet-it's iron for sure, but this ornament around eagle confusing me-it's tha t they call the beaded border? Report this Post to the Staff
pls Rest in Peace United States 1729 Posts	Posted 04/02/2009 12:50 pm The 1917 10-pfennig was made in 3 configurations, according to the Red Book. The zinc coin with the beaded border is worth a bundle; the two iron coins could be worth a dollar or two, depending upon condition. Sorry! Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/02/2009 1:09 pm This appears to be KM#25 1917 Zinc without mint mark. Condition looks to be VF-20 value per Krause at around $160. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16850 Posts	Posted 04/02/2009 7:41 pm Echizento, it looks like zinc, but he says it sticks to a magnet, so it's got to be iron. 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
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/02/2009 9:29 pm Really does look like Zinc, but if it sticks iron it is. Report this Post to the Staff
Russia1981 Valued Member United States 150 Posts	Posted 04/03/2009 01:25 am I check in the library today and fund this coin as iron but with mint marks, the condition and metal made is difficult to find out if it was a mint mark and wear off or it was no mint. Thank you guys for help (Sap, you amazed me about years of British coin). Report this Post to the Staff
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