Germany 1948-F 10 pfennig

Steve Album sale 38, lot 3444

This specimen was lot 3444 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $41.65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GERMANY: Allied Occupation, zinc 10 pfennig, 1948-F, PCGS graded MS63." Altho listed by the SCWC under the Third Reich, this type of 1945-48 was issued by the Allied military authorities from Berlin, Stuttgart (shown here), Muldenhutten and Karlsruhe using altered dies. The one, five and ten pfennig had been converted to zinc in 1940 and that composition was continued. The introduction of the deutschemark in the western zone in 1949 terminated the issue. It is common in low grade but very scarce in choice condition.

Recorded mintage: 19,979,000.

Specification: zinc.

Catalog reference: KM-A104, J-375.

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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• Germany 1947-F 10 pfennig Allied occupation coinage
• Germany 1948-E 5 pfennig Allied occupation coinage
• 1949-J 10 pfennig
• 1950-G 10 pfennig
• Coins and currency dated 1948