Nazi coin

[YoungBlood]

About a week ago a friend gave me this Nazi coin he said it was his last one and it was in too bad of shape to sell. I've been looking on the Internet but I have some concerns. Is it real? What is it?

 

[nhbenz]

Likely real, as there was no need to counterfeit them. Germany had hyper-inflation which required a lot of money for just a loaf of bread, and a lot of money minted, thus these aren't rare or terribly valuable.
Its a pfennig, incase your friend didn't mention it.

 

[sagittarius98]

Likely real, as there was no need to counterfeit them. Germany had hyper-inflation which required a lot of money for just a loaf of bread, and a lot of money minted, thus these aren't rare or terribly valuable.
Its a pfennig, incase your friend didn't mention it.

The hyper-inflation occured before Hitler, he stabilized the economy, which is a reason why the Germans followed and respected him.

The coin is real, worth a few cents at most. There are many key dates in the Nazi coins, but none for 1940.

 

[nhbenz]

That is a much better answer... A little embarrassed that I messed up the timeline there, but I suppose a bit of humility does the soul some good.

 

[duggap]

A pfennig was Germany's penny.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

And the cent is America's (England uses the penny).

 

[Bryanhashemi]

original nazi coin. pretty common find from metal detectorist in germany. pretty cool!