Germany 1942-D pfennig

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1940-45 at seven mints (A, B, D, E, F, G, J), replacing an earlier pfennig in bronze (KM 89). This example is from Munich. Proofs exist. For a race of Aryan supermen, the Nazis were remarkably unimaginative coin designers and this type is quite dull.

Recorded mintage: 134,145,000, a common date.

Specification: 1.85 g, zinc, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 97.

Source:

• Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1940-A pfennig, zinc
• 1940-F pfennig, bronze
• 1942-B 50 pfennig
• 1943-A 10 pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1942
• return to coins of Germany, Third Reich (1933-1945).