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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 Weimar Republic and continued into the Nazi era, when several designs incorporated the swastika alongside the traditional Reichsadler or commemorative motifs such as the Hindenburg memorial issue. These coins circulated as ordinary legal tender throughout Germany until the end of the Second World War, serving everyday economic transactions rather than any ceremonial or military purpose. They are widely collected today as tangible examples of currency design under a totalitarian state.