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3 Reichsmark Bavaria - Pattern
| Issuer | German Reich |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | A boldly rendered Imperial eagle with wings spread wide occupies the central field, facing left with talons displayed. The eagle's plumage is executed in fine relief with detailed feathering throughout the wings and tail. A beaded inner border frames the design. The denomination legend '3 REICHS MARK' is inscribed in large Gothic-style letters in the lower field, arching beneath the eagle's body. |
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| Obverse lettering | 3 REICHS MARK |
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This is a pattern piece, never approved for circulation, produced in the context of Bavaria's persistent push during the Weimar years to see its own regional identity acknowledged on national coinage. The Schaaf reference places it among a cluster of trial strikes from 1925 exploring designs and die combinations that were ultimately rejected by the Reich government in Berlin — a political as much as an aesthetic veto.
Patterns of this type survive in very small numbers, most traceable to official Reichsbank or mint archives rather than circulation.