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5 Mark Johannes Brahms
| Issuer | State Mint of the German Democratic Republic (Münze der DDR) |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Thickness | 2.1 mm |
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| Obverse description | The arms of the German Democratic Republic occupy the central field: a hammer and compass set within a wreath of rye ears, bound at the base with a ribbon. The national legend DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK curves along the upper periphery, while the date 1972 appears at the lower left and the denomination 5 MARK at the lower right, flanked by two five-pointed stars. The design is rendered in low relief against a flat field. |
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| Obverse lettering | DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK * 1972 5 MARK * |
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Issued to mark the 139th anniversary of Brahms's birth — an oddly chosen milestone that reflects the DDR's habit of issuing commemoratives on anniversaries that held no particular round-number significance, often timed instead to fill gaps in the annual coin program. Brahms himself had no meaningful connection to East Germany; born in Hamburg and most associated with Vienna, his appropriation by the DDR mint was cultural politics of a familiar kind, claiming pan-German artistic heritage for a state that had severed itself from the western half of that tradition.