We will continue a series about silver commemoratives issued by the Federal Republic of Germany when the Mark was the legal tender.
The first one was a 1952 5 Mark commemorating the 100th anniversary of the "Germanisches Nationalmuseum" in Nuremberg and the last was a 2001 10 Mark commemorating the 750th anniversary of the "Katharinenkloster" and the 50th anniversary of the "Naval Museum" in Stralsund.
I only have a few of the 5 Mark commemoratives and I will show them in no particular order.
Each 5 Mark weights 11.2g with 62.5% silver purity and Brilliant Uncirculated finish.
Today we will see the 1976 5 Mark commemorating the 300th Anniversary of Death of Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen.
Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen was born in 1621 in Gelnhausen, near Frankfurt am Main and died on August 17, 1676 in Renchen, Strasbourg.
He was a German novelist, whose Simplicissimus series is one of the masterworks of his country’s literature. Satiric and partially autobiographical, it is a matchless social picture of the often grotesque Thirty Years’ War (1618–48).
The reverse is an allegory based on his main piece, "Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus" ( Simplicius Simplicissimus), the greatest German novel from the 17th century.
The obverse shows an eagle facing left, emblem of Germany.
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