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  • 50 Reichspfennig 1935, KM# 87, Germany, Nazi (Third Reich)
  • 50 Reichspfennig 1935, KM# 87, Germany, Nazi (Third Reich)
Description

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was governed by a dictatorship under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a fascist state in which the Nazi Party took totalitarian control over nearly all aspects of life. The official name of the state was Deutsches Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Großdeutsches Reich ("Greater German Reich") from 1943 to 1945. The period is also known under the names the Third Reich (German: Drittes Reich) and the National Socialist Period (German: Zeit des Nationalsozialismus, abbreviated as NS-Zeit). The Nazi regime came to an end after the Allied Powers defeated Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in Europe.

Obverse

Weimar coat of arms surrounded by the name of country and date.

Nazi Germany used the Weimar coat of arms until 1935. The Weimar Republic (1918–1933), retained the Reichsadler (German for "Imperial Eagle") without the symbols of the former Monarchy (Crown, Collar, Breast shield with the Prussian Arms). This left the black eagle with one head, facing to the right, with open wings but closed feathers, with a red beak, tongue and claws and white highlighting.

The republican Reichsadler is based on the Reichsadler introduced by the Paulskirche Constitution of 1849, which was decided by the German National Assembly in Frankfurt upon Main, at the peak of the German civic movement demanding parliamentary participation and the unification of the German states.

Deutsches Reich
1935

Reverse

Denomination, oak leaves below. Mintmark between oak leaves.

Reichspfennig
50
A

Edge
Characteristics
Material Aluminium
Weight 1.3 g
Diameter 22 mm
Thickness 1.5 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mints
Bavarian Central Mint (D)
Berlin State Mint (A)
Hamburg Mint (J)
Karlsruhe State Mint (G)
Muldenhütten Mint (E)
Stuttgart State Mint (F)

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Aluminium, 1.3 g, ⌀ 22 mm