3 Reichsmark Liberation of Rhineland - Pattern

The Rhineland had been under Allied occupation since the armistice, a condition set by the Treaty of Versailles with a scheduled withdrawal not due until 1935. Germany's foreign minister Gustav Stresemann had spent years negotiating an early evacuation, achieved through the Young Plan agreements of 1929-30 — the last French troops left in June 1930. This coin was struck to mark that departure.

As a pattern (Probeprägung), KM Pn96 never reached circulation. Whether rejected on technical or political grounds is not firmly documented.