What does Reichspfennig mean in German to English translation?

Answer 1

I understand how difficult it is to encipher the old German script.

"German third kingdoms penny" is the literal translation.

The German third Reich (kingdom) was the time that Adolf Hitler was the Nazi dictator

which was from 1933 to 1945.

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Reich = empire/realm

Königreich = kingdom

There were in effect three German empires. The first was founded in the 10th Century and became known as das Heilige Römische Reich Deutscher Nation (the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation). It was disbanded in 1806 following its defeat by Napoleonic France.

The second German Empire, known simply as Deutsches Reich (the German Empire) was proclaimed from the Mirror Hall at Versailles following the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. It was disbanded in 1918 with the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The resulting German state maintained the name

Deutsches Reich but was actually a republic and was known as the Weimarer Republik (Weimar Republic).

The third German Empire refers to Germany after 1933 after Hitler became German Chancellor and abandonned the values of the Weimar Republic. From 1933 to 1943 its name was Deutsches Reich and from 1943 to 1945 it was called Großdeutsches Reich (the greater German Empire). The term das dritte Reich was never an official term during the Nazi Dictatorship and therefore no coin was ever inscribed as such. Despite the name change, all German coins were inscribed Deutsches Reich between 1871 and 1945.

The etymology of Pfennig is similar to that of penny but remains untranslated when it is used in English texts. The German currency at the time of issue was Reichspfennig and Reichsmark.

Answer 2

It was a German coin. It literally means "penny of the Reich"

Answer 3

Pfennig used to be a coin, one hundredth of a Mark (before the Euro came into use. Reich- would mean it probably is from a time before or during World War Two.