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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. These large-format 5 Reichsmark coins were struck in silver and formed part of Germany's standard circulating currency from the early 1930s onward, continuing a denomination introduced under the Weimar Republic. After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, coin designs were revised to incorporate Party symbolism, most notably the swastika beneath the eagle, illustrating the regime's broader practice of repurposing existing state institutions and imagery for its own political ends. These coins circulated as ordinary legal tender throughout Germany until the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945, and today they survive as common numismatic artifacts of the period.