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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 a large-format silver coin that continued a denomination first introduced under the Weimar Republic, remaining in circulation through the Nazi era as part of everyday German currency. From 1933 onward, coinage designs were revised to incorporate Nazi state symbolism, most notably the swastika beneath the eagle on later issues, reflecting the regime's broader policy of grafting its iconography onto existing institutions rather than replacing them outright. These coins circulated as ordinary legal tender for everyday transactions until the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945, after which they were withdrawn and demonetised by the occupying Allied authorities.