Germany 1943-A 10 pfennig

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This type of 1940-45 was struck by the Nazis during the war. The denomination had heretofore been aluminum bronze (KM 92). This type was minted at Berlin ("A", shown here), Vienna ("B"), Munich ("D"), Muldenhutten ("E"), Stuttgart ("F"), Freudenstadt ("G"), and Hamburg ("J"). The example shown here has seen little wear but considerable corrosion, a fate common to zinc coins.

Recorded mintage: 157,357,000.

Specifications: 3.52 g, zinc, 21 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 101.

Sources:

• 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:

• 1936-G 10 pfennig
• 1940-F zinc 10 pfennig
• 1942-D pfennig
• 1942-B 50 pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1943
• return to coins of Germany, Third Reich (1933-1945)