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LOT 4249
Germany. Weimar Republic AR 5 Reichsmark. Dated 1928. Berlin mint.
Designs by Josef Wackerle and Maximilian Dasio. DEUTSCHES · REICH and FÜNF · REICHSMARK, eagle in the centre / · EINIGKEIT · UND · RECHT · UND · FREIHEIT ·, oak tree, date and mintmark below. KM 56; Jaeger 331; Davenport GT III 966. Good Very Fine.(25.00gr, 36mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey; thence by descent to his grandson.
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