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5 Reichsmark Pattern
| Issuer | German Reich |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a boldly rendered Reichsadler (Imperial Eagle) displayed with wings spread, facing left, rendered in high relief against a plain field. The eagle's plumage is rendered with fine crosshatched detail on the wing feathers, and powerful talons are depicted at the base. A dotted inner border frames the design, and the Berlin Mint mark 'A' appears below the eagle in the lower exergual area. The composition is austere and monumental, consistent with the neo-classical engraving style of Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Schaaf 331 G9 is one of several competing pattern submissions evaluated during the design trials for the Weimar Republic's 5 Reichsmark coinage — a process that dragged across the mid-1920s as the new currency established itself following the catastrophic inflation of 1923. Most of these trial pieces were struck in very small numbers at the Berlin Mint, often only a handful of examples, and were never submitted for public circulation approval.
The .500 fine silver specification matches the fineness ultimately adopted for circulating Reichsmark coinage, suggesting this particular pattern was a late-stage submission rather than an early exploratory strike.