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3 Reichsmark Graf Zeppelin
| Issuer | Weimar Republic |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Value | 3 Reichsmark (3 RM) |
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| Reverse description | The airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin depicted in bold relief traversing the center of the field horizontally from left to right, set against a detailed globe showing meridian and parallel lines with a partial rendering of the African and European continents visible below. The flight path of the 1929 world circumnavigation is suggested by the arc of the airship's trajectory across the globe. The legend 'GRAF ZEPPELIN' curves along the upper periphery and 'WELTFLUG 1929' along the lower periphery. The mint mark appears in the lower center of the field, below the globe. |
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| Reverse lettering | GRAF ZEPPELIN WELTFLUG 1929 (Translation: GRAF ZEPPELIN WORLD FLIGHT 1929) |
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Issued to commemorate the Graf Zeppelin's round-the-world flight completed in August 1929, this coin was authorized while the Weimar government was already in steep political decline. The flight itself — 21 days, 5 hours, 31 minutes — was funded partly through philatelic mail carried aboard, a financial arrangement that reflected how cash-starved German institutions had become by the late 1920s.
The .500 silver fineness, half that of earlier Weimar issues, was a quiet concession to austerity.