FREE: 1940 B 10 Reichspfennig ZINC Wartime Coin Minted In BERLIN

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1940 B 10 Reichspfennig ZINC Wartime Coin Minted In BERLIN

Copper Coins/Currency Were Not Minted After 1940 Because The Metal Was Needed For Bullets. All Minted In Nazi Controlled GERMANY!!!

More Detailed Coin History: With war came many changes, the production of WWII German coins being just one. WW2 coincided with German mints ceasing production altogether of the silver Reichsmark coins. Further, all WWII Reichspfennig coins were now produced in cheaper zinc. Production of Silver coins may have ceased with the start of WW2 but the swastika clearly remained, emblazoned on zinc and copper Reichspfennig coins, most of which were destroyed after the war along with the factories that made them.

The World War 2 Germans had a number of mints (coin factories). Each mint location had its own identifiable letter. It is therefore possible to identify exactly which mint produced what coin by noting the mint mark (letter) on the coin. Not all mints were authorized to produce coins every year. The mints were also only authorized to produced a set number of coins with some mints allocated a greater production than others. Some of the coins with particular mint marks are therefore scarcer than others. On the smaller denomination Reichspfennig coins, the mint mark is found on the bottom center of the coin.

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