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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2158588, member: 39&quot;]Guess that the eagles of the German Empire would be the ones that Americans will be familiar with. So for people outside Europe it may be interesting to see some of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-today). Not that I like all of our eagle designs, but it sure is interesting what the designers come up with.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Polish and the German eagle look quite similar, by the way, but of you look at modern coins from Poland, you will notice that they all use the same eagle design. In Germany certain design elements are required but the actual depiction may and does vary.</p><p><br /></p><p>In some cases the eagle design has a particular meaning: The &quot;fat eagle&quot; of the 1974 piece (25 years of the constitution) is the one that was in the plenary hall of the Bundestag in Bonn. The Kopernikus eagle, so to say, reminds of a globe, and there are other examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the silver content, it was Ag625 for the circulating and commemorative 5 DEM coins and the 10 DEM collector coins until 1997. The later 10 mark coins, and the €10 pieces until 2010, were Ag925.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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