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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-format silver denomination first introduced in the late Weimar era and continued into the Nazi period, when its design was modified to incorporate Third Reich state emblems while retaining the traditional eagle motif. These coins circulated as ordinary legal tender for everyday transactions throughout Germany until the currency system collapsed with the end of the Second World War in 1945. They are collected today primarily as examples of German coinage design and monetary history of the period rather than for any commemorative significance.