5 Reichsmark Pattern

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.