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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1152711, member: 39&quot;]Another interesting GDR coin is this one, especially because it could be considered part of a time line. This 5 M piece issued in 1985 shows the ruins of the Frauenkirche in Dresden. In the GDR years the site was preserved as you see it on that coin, as an anti-war memorial with remnants still standing and lots of rubble around. (Image: Honscha - Click to see the large version.)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.honscha.de/bilder/sonstige/2456.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The text on the other side is from a poem written by Max Zimmering: &quot;Dresden, in your wounds one can see the agony of the nameless ones, who burned to death here in a hellfire made by human hand.&quot; The full text is part of a memorial at the Heidefriedhof cemetery in Dresden. <a href="http://fotos.fotouristen.de/foto/large/152587_xiSB9f6V85RaC0mgrdnIH2cPXpUTJOGK.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://fotos.fotouristen.de/foto/large/152587_xiSB9f6V85RaC0mgrdnIH2cPXpUTJOGK.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://fotos.fotouristen.de/foto/large/152587_xiSB9f6V85RaC0mgrdnIH2cPXpUTJOGK.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ten years later the Federal Republic of Germany (which now included the states that until 1990 were the GDR) issued a 10 DM coin with basically the same scene, but above the ruins you can see how the Frauenkirche was to be rebuilt. The text says &quot;50 years appeal to peace and reconciliation&quot; (there may well be better translations but you get the idea <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) and in the middle &quot;Reconstruction · Lady&#039;s Church Dresden&quot;. <a href="http://www.honscha.de/bilder/sonstige/7789g.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.honscha.de/bilder/sonstige/7789g.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.honscha.de/bilder/sonstige/7789g.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In 2006, shortly after the end of the reconstruction, another collector coin came out - a €10 coin celebrating &quot;800 Years Dresden&quot;. It features several key buildings along the Elbe river, and (reflected in the water) what they looked like in 1945. <a href="http://www.honscha.de/bilder/10d064.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.honscha.de/bilder/10d064.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.honscha.de/bilder/10d064.jpg</a> Never mind the fingerprint. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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