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5 Reichspfennig Allied Occupation - Pattern
| Issuer | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Currency | Reichsmark (1924-1948) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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In 1947, the Allied Control Council was deadlocked over a unified German currency reform, leaving occupation authorities to explore interim coinage solutions independently. This nickel-plated iron pattern was produced as part of that exploratory process — the plating chosen partly to conserve base metal stocks and partly to distinguish occupation issues from Reichsmark-era coinage still circulating illegally. Currency reform ultimately came in June 1948 with the Deutsche Mark, rendering all such pattern work moot.