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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 48223, member: 39&quot;]No, the Reichskreditkassen coins were issues for various occupied territories, and were not used in Germany itself. There were two coin denominations (5 and 10 RPf) and various notes. This is what the 5 RPf coin looks like:</p><p><a href="http://www.reppa.de/images/JA_img/big/av/5618000030.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.reppa.de/images/JA_img/big/av/5618000030.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.reppa.de/images/JA_img/big/av/5618000030.gif</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And this is the 10 RPf coin:</p><p><a href="http://www.reppa.de/images/JA_img/big/av/5619000030.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.reppa.de/images/JA_img/big/av/5619000030.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.reppa.de/images/JA_img/big/av/5619000030.gif</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the other side (same design for both coins):</p><p><a href="http://www.reppa.de/images/JA_img/big/rv/5619000030.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.reppa.de/images/JA_img/big/rv/5619000030.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.reppa.de/images/JA_img/big/rv/5619000030.gif</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is hard to tell how many Austrians actually wanted their country to join Germany in 1938. I think that after WW1 quite a few Austrians would have found it OK if &quot;core Austria&quot; (as opposed to the pre-war empire) had joined Germany. Also, the political system in Austria before 1938 was far from being a democracy. But it&#039;s still one thing to live in an authoritarian country, and a different story if the neighboring dictatorship &quot;swallows&quot; you.</p><p><br /></p><p>So creating a country, after 1945, that would have incorporated what today is Germany, Austria and even the Czech Republic, would have been a punishment for the latter two countries that had been &quot;punished&quot; before ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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