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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 denomination originated under the Weimar Republic in the early 1930s as a large silver coin, with designs including the Reichsadler and, on some issues, commemorative motifs such as the Potsdam Garrison Church. After 1933 the Nazi regime retained the denomination but modified imagery to incorporate the swastika alongside the eagle, part of a broader effort to align existing state symbols and institutions with National Socialist ideology. These coins circulated as ordinary legal tender in daily commerce throughout Germany until the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945, after which occupation authorities withdrew Nazi-era coinage from circulation.