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5 Mark 20 Years of GDR - Copper-Nickel
| Issuer | Staatliche Münze der DDR (State Mint of the GDR) |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Currency | Mark (1948-1990) |
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| Obverse description | The state emblem of the German Democratic Republic occupies the central field, depicting a hammer and draughtsman's compass encircled by a wreath of grain ears tied with a ribbon in the national colors. The emblem is surrounded by the circular legend naming the issuing state, separated from the raised rim by a plain border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the twentieth anniversary of the German Democratic Republic's founding on October 7, 1949, this coin appeared during a period when East Germany was aggressively using commemorative coinage as a tool of political legitimacy — a state still unrecognized by West Germany and most Western nations under the Hallstein Doctrine. The 1969 series saw multiple commemorative types released in close succession, reflecting the SED government's investment in numismatic propaganda ahead of the anniversary celebrations.
The KM#22.1a designation distinguishes the copper-nickel circulation strike from the accompanying aluminum-bronze variant, both sharing the same dies.