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Third Reich Nazi 5 Reichsmark Silver Coin - German 5 Reichsmark Coin The 5 Reichsmark coin was a large silver denomination issued in Germany from the early 1930s through the Nazi period, continuing a coinage tradition established under the Weimar Republic. After 1933 the design was altered to incorporate National Socialist symbolism alongside the traditional eagle, reflecting the regime's practice of adapting existing state institutions and currency to its own iconography. Such coins remained in general circulation as legal tender until the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945. Coins of this denomination were struck in relatively high silver content and circulated widely as everyday currency throughout Germany during the 1930s and into the war years. The design changes after 1933 reflected the Nazi state's broader effort to project its ideology through everyday state symbols, including coinage, stamps, and public monuments. Such pieces are today collected primarily as tangible examples of Third Reich-era currency and material culture rather than as items of any special or original significance.