Hello i bought a bank roll from nazi germany from a collector. I found out that the coins are much shinier than usual and what seems to be a layer covering it. Are these so called “common date proof coins?
Above on the left side is a regular coin on the right is the shiny ones i discovered. Is this a normal patina or a proof coin
Did they make proofs of these? It seems like they had better things to do in 1943 than making proof coins.
Not necessarily...impaired proofs would not necessarily have any reflection. However, the strike on these coins does not indicate a proof.
I don't see anything overly odd in the photos. The zinc is pretty reactive and I have seen it with a lot of different patinas. But, the strike quality does not reflect a proof.
You mentioned that these were in a roll. If they were in there for a longer period of time, then the nicer examples wouldn't have been exposed to that much oxygen and other atmospheric contaminants. This could account for why they look nicer than the usual Zinc WWII coins
From what I know, there are no proof pieces of the zinc pfennigs, neither from Nazi Germany (minted in 1940-45) nor from the Allied Occupation years (1945-48). The number of proof coins among the first nazi series (1936-40, mostly copper) is not known, but there are some ... Christian
My understanding is there are a few zinc issues that are believed to have been made but I don't think anyone knows exactly what dates or how many. There are a couple allied occupation 1945-F 10 pfennigs on eBay right now that NGC called proofs and look to have proof quality strikes. I have never personally examined one though. https://www.ebay.com/p/Germany-Third-Reich-10-Reichspfennig-1945-Denomination/102103588?iid=253289639079&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIM.MBE&ao=2&asc=41376&meid=c8ede9b04586490abe39425c11306cec&pid=100005&rk=1&rkt=6&sd=182782552814&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 https://www.ebay.com/itm/GERMANY-TH...=102103588&hash=item2a8eb06aee:i:182782552814
