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Message:: [QUOTE="chrisild, post: 3160453, member: 39"]When Ferdinand von Zeppelin died in 1917, Germany still had "nobility", and he had simply inherited the title from his father. With the end of the monarchy in 1918, the country also did away with nobility, so for the last 100 years, the "Graf" or "Fürst" etc. has merely been parts of the name. You may see references to "Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin" (pre-1918 use), to "Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin" or to "Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin". But when it comes to naming objects - streets, schools, etc. - then "Graf Zeppelin" is most common. Same thing with the LZ 127 on this coin. The Zeppelin company still exists by the way. But these days they make semi-rigid airships (somewhere between blimps and the older rigid zeppelins), and you can book tours ... This zeppelin flight coin was designed by Franz Krischker; I think he worked at the mint in Berlin (but am not sure). And yes, mintages of Weimar Republic commems are a mystery. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> In some cases they are really low, in others fairly high, sometimes you have a 3 RM and 5 RM "couple" (as in this case), sometimes just a 3 RM piece. Christian[/QUOTE]