Germany · 1937 · 5 marksSeries of 5 Reichsmark with Hindenburg (1936-1939)
This 5 Reichsmark coin in 900 thousandths silver belongs to the series struck from 1936 to 1939 under the Third Reich. The reverse bears the portrait of Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), field marshal of the First World War and then President of the Reich, who appointed Adolf Hitler chancellor on 30 January 1933 and died the following year. The obverse shows the regime's eagle standing on a wreath that surrounds the swastika, between the two parts of the value. The obverse was designed by Franz Paul Krischker and the portrait on the reverse by Alfred Vocke. The edge bears the slogan GEMEINNUTZ GEHT VOR EIGENNUTZ (The common good before self-interest). The 1937 A date, struck in Berlin, has 6,662,001 pieces.
Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 2.5 mm.
1935Germany (Third Reich) 50 REICHSPFENNIG 1935 D
1937Germany 2 reichsmark 1937 E - Third Reich
1937Germany (Third Reich) 5 REICHSPFENNIG 1937 A
1938Germany (Third Reich) 5 reichspfennigs 1938 A
1938Germany (Third Reich) 1 REICHSPFENNIG 1938 E
1939Germany (Third Reich) 1 REICHSPFENNIG 1939 A
1940Germany (Third Reich) 1 REICHSPFENNIG 1940 A
1948East Germany (GDR) 5 PFENNIG 1948 A
1948East Germany 10 pfennigs 1948 A
1950East Germany (GDR) 50 pfennigs 1950 A
1 pfennig1940 · 17 mm
1 pfennig1941 · 17 mm
1 pfennig1942 · 17 mm
1 pfennig1934 · 17.5 mm
1 pfennig1936 · 17.5 mm
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