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5 Reichsmark Pattern
| Issuer | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1926 |
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| Weight | 25.30 g |
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| Obverse lettering | DEUTSCHES REICH 1926 E FÜNF REICHSMARK |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Schaaf 331 G17 is one of several experimental pieces struck in 1926 as the Weimar Republic's mint authorities worked through competing proposals for a revised 5 Reichsmark type. Pattern coinage of this period was produced in small numbers at the Berlin Reichsmünze, rarely with any official record of exact strikage — most surviving examples trace back to mint employee collections or later state disposals rather than any formal distribution.
The .500 fine silver specification places this squarely in the post-stabilization economy, after the Rentenmark crisis of 1923–24 forced a fundamental rethink of German coinage metal policy.