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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 8371329, member: 5233&quot;]I have a couple of these and they have an interesting history.&nbsp; There are actually two variations of this coin...one with date and one without.&nbsp; This is the no date version.&nbsp; The date version has the date March 31, 1933, next to the church.</p><p><br /></p><p>The depiction of the church really had nothing to do with religion on these coins and more to do with tying the Nazi movement to previous German Imperialism.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Garrison Church in Potsdam also had strong ties to democratic elections.&nbsp; The first free elected Potsdam Magistrate was inaugurated there.&nbsp; As a result, there was a sentiment that using this location would give &quot;free&quot; credability to the Nazis.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, on March 21, 1933, the Nazi party conducted the opening ceremony for the new Reichstag Parliament at this location.&nbsp; This was the day the Third Reich was born.&nbsp; To tie it to the previous empire (the Second Reich)...the opening ceremony was on the same day as Kaiser Wilhelm I had opened his new Reichstag Parliament in 1871.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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