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Mint mark help???

Firstly, I'm going to start this by stating that this is a German coin... but we are all big enough to look past the Nazi party and World War 2. Anyone who can't keep their comments civil will be blocked

My problem is that I can't quite tell whether this mint mark is a "C" or a "G" - what do you guys think???
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It´s clearly a G and it stands for the city of Karlsruhe...that's where this coin was minted.
Loretta78 · 46-50, F
@RobinPhoenix Ich merke gerade, dass du dich da richtig gut auskennst. Respekt! Das weiß nicht jeder! 👍
@Loretta78 My grandfather collected coins and I learned a bit from him ;)
@RobinPhoenix I couldn't quite tell until @TheSirfurryanimalWales pointed out the similarities between the "G" in "Pfennig" and my mint mark.

I'm confused now, though, because I thought that there were 5 mints in Germany... only, I now see only 4 mints listed for this coin.
Loretta78 · 46-50, F
@RobinPhoenix Ich sammle auch Münzen 😜 - bzw. ich sammelte sie, als ich noch jünger war und es mir noch leisten konnte. Meine Sammlung habe ich noch. 😊
@HootyTheNightOwl Let me try to ease your confusion a bit: In fact, the 1949 10 Pfennig coins were minted at 4 mints. Those were Munich (D), Stuttgart (F), Karlsruhe (G) and Hamburg (J) .10 Pfennig coins with mintmark "A" (Berlin) only exist from 1990 onwards - the previous mintings were always minted by the other 4 mints only.
@Loretta78 Beeindruckend (Y) :) Schade, dass du nicht weiter machen konntest. Schaust du sie dir noch ab und zu an?
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@Loretta78 Um was ging es dir dann?
@RobinPhoenix That would explain it perfectly!!! I still need to research German currency further yet.

I didn't really see much point for the few coins that I have right now. Most of my collection is either British or Spanish at the moment.