Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 5 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
- Date
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issue:
1943
- Geography
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manufacture:
Munich (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eugene Silver
- Markings
- obverse, mint mark : D [indicates Munich Mint]
obverse, center, engraved : 5
obverse, around rim, engraved : Reichspfennig
reverse, around rim, engraved : Deutsches Reich · 1943 · - Contributor
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Issuer:
Deutsche Reichsbank
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Coins, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Circular, silver colored zinc coin, blackened with corrosion, with a reeded edge, embossed on the front with the Nazi symbol of a right facing eagle with a swastika enclosing a wreath held in its talons. The reverse is embossed with the denomination 10, with a mint mark F below between two oak leaves, with German text along the inner rim.
- Dimensions
- overall: | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Materials
- overall : zinc
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Reichspfennig coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Eugene Silver.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-31 10:59:50
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36186
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Object
5 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
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Object
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Object
5 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
Nazi Germany, 10 reichspfennig coin
Object
10 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
Nazi Germany, 10 reichspfennig coin
Object
10 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
Nazi Germany, 10 reichspfennig coin
Object
10 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
Nazi Germany, 10 reichspfennig coin
Object
10 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
Nazi Germany, 10 reichspfennig coin
Object
10 reichspfennig [empire penny] coin, with 100 reichspfennig equalling 1 reichsmark, issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. From 1940-May 1945, when Germany surrendered and ended World War II in Europe, the coin was struck in zInc as a cost saving measure for the war, in all seven of the Reich mints.
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Document
Consists of Nazi-related material from the collection of Eugene Silver. Includes cigarette cards, pre-war paper currency, photographs of SS training and of the German landscape and decor, photographs of a Nazi ceremony seemingly taken at FAG Kugelfischer (a fuel injection parts plant), an advertisement for a hotel in Coburg, and an ad to sell blank Nazi diaries/day planners for 1940.