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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. The 5 Reichsmark coin was a large silver denomination first introduced in the late Weimar Republic and continued into the Nazi era, with several commemorative and standard types issued through the 1930s. Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, coinage designs were progressively modified to incorporate the swastika alongside the traditional Reichsadler, reflecting the regime's broader policy of appropriating existing state symbols and institutions rather than wholly replacing them. These coins circulated as ordinary legal tender within Germany's monetary system until the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945.