# 552 - German Commemoratives - Part 2

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 1974 5 Mark commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany.

The text below was taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Law_for_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany

"The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The Basic Law was approved on 8 May 1949 in Bonn, and, with the signature of the occupying western Allies of World War II on 12 May, came into effect on 23 May.
Its original field of application (German: Geltungsbereich) - that is, the states that were initially included in the Federal Republic of Germany - consisted of the three Western Allies' zones of occupation, but at the insistence of the Western Allies, formally excluded West Berlin.
In 1990, the Two Plus Four Agreement between the two parts of Germany and all four Allied Powers stipulated the implementation of a number of amendments.
In the subsequent Unification Treaty of 1990, this amended Basic Law was adopted as the constitution of a united Germany."

The obverse shows an eagle facing left, emblem of Germany.

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