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5 Mark Heinrich Hertz
| Issuer | German Democratic Republic |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The state emblem of the German Democratic Republic occupies the central field, depicting a hammer and compass encircled by a wreath of rye, rendered in high relief. The denomination numeral '5' appears prominently at the bottom of the field, flanked by the date '1969' to the left and the currency designation 'MARK' to the right. The circular legend 'DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK' runs along the upper periphery in evenly spaced Latin capitals. |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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Issued to mark the 125th anniversary of Heinrich Hertz's birth, this coin appeared at a moment when the GDR was aggressively claiming German scientific heritage as ideological capital — Hertz, whose electromagnetic wave experiments in Karlsruhe during the 1880s underpinned nearly all modern wireless communication, was a convenient figure for a state that otherwise struggled to project technological prestige.