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German Third Reich, 1 Reichspfennig 1943

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German Third Reich, 1 Reichspfennig 1943 (obverse) German Third Reich, 1 Reichspfennig 1943 (reverse)

During the Second World War (1939-1945) became copper a strategic material. This is why the pfennig of the Nazis consisted of grayish zinc. These zinc pfennigs circulated even after the war had ended. The national socialists coins were demonetized only in 1948, when the German currency was reformed.

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