Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 2 reichsmark coin issued for use by the government of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany. It has a relief portrait bust of former Reich President Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934) who appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. As Field Marshal and Commander of German forces during World War I, Hindenburg became immensely popular throughout the country. He was elected president in 1925 and reelected in 1932.
- Date
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issue:
1937
- Geography
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manufacture:
Berlin (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lana Barnett
- Markings
- obverse, mintmark along rim, embossed : A [indicates Berlin mint]
obverse, along rim, embossed : 1847 - 1934 / Paul von Hindenburg
reverse, left, embossed : 2
reverse, right, embossed : Reichs / Mark
reverse, along rim, embossed : Deutsches Reich 1937
edge, engraved : Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz [The common good comes before the individual.] - Contributor
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Issuer:
Deutsche Reichsbank
Engraver: A. Vocke
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 alloy (est.) coin with a German quote engraved around the edge. On the front is an embossed Nazi emblem of a right facing eagle with spread wings clutching a wreath with a swastika inside, with the denomination 2 and text below and along the rim. On the back is a detailed relief of the right profile bust of Paul von Hindenburg, an older man with short hair and mustache, with embossed German text circling near the inner rim.
- Dimensions
- overall: | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Materials
- overall : silver alloy
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
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Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Reichspfennig coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Lana Barnett.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-12-02 09:11:50
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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, ending 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.
