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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 was one of the largest-denomination silver coins in circulation during the Third Reich, its designs continuing types introduced under the Weimar Republic before being modified after 1933 to incorporate Nazi state emblems such as the swastika alongside the imperial eagle. These coins served as everyday currency across Germany throughout the 1930s and into the war years, reflecting the regime's broader practice of overlaying existing state institutions, including the currency, with its own political symbolism. Such pieces remained legal tender until the collapse of the Nazi state in 1945.