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10 Reichspfennig Allied Occupation
| Issuer | Allied Occupation Authorities (Germany) |
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| Year | 1945-1948 |
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| Composition | Zinc |
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| Obverse description | At center, a stylized German federal eagle displayed with wings spread, head turned to the right, rendered in bold relief against a plain field. The eagle's breast bears a heraldic shield motif, and its talons are splayed below. The circular legend DEUTSCHES REICH, rendered in Gothic (Fraktur) blackletter characters, arcs around the upper periphery, flanked by small pellets at the lower sides. The date of issue appears in Arabic numerals at the bottom of the field, below the eagle. |
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| Reverse description | The large bold numeral '10' occupies the central field, serving as the primary denomination indicator. The curved legend REICHSPFENNIG in Gothic (Fraktur) blackletter script arcs around the upper periphery. At the lower portion of the field, two oak branches curve upward symmetrically from either side, meeting at the base of the numeral, with the mint mark letter appearing between them in the exergue. The overall design is austere and unadorned, reflecting the utilitarian zinc coinage produced under Allied Occupation. |
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Issued under four-power occupation authority before the currency reform of June 1948, these zinc pieces were struck at multiple German mints still operating under Allied supervision — identifiable by the mint marks A (Berlin), D (Munich), F (Stuttgart), G (Karlsruhe), and J (Hamburg). The reform that replaced them, introducing the Deutsche Mark on June 20, 1948, rendered the entire Allied-issue coinage obsolete almost overnight.
Zinc corrodes aggressively in humid conditions, and surviving examples in clean, uncorroded state are considerably scarcer than raw mintage figures suggest.