This is a 1941 Reichs pfennig. This coin was minted for four years during the war in Nazi Germany. It's composed of just zinc, so the value isn't very much, and as you can see there are some white patches from oxidation. My mom found it a year or so back when she was cleaning out her dresser. I think she told me that after the war there were a lot of them left over, and a whole wheelbarrow of them couldn't buy you anything. Naturally people got rid of them so you don't come across them very often. Its a neat little piece of history to my collection.
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