Trial coin, 5 Mark 1970, Friedrich Hölderlin

physik

5 Mark, 1970, commemorative coin about Friedrich Hölderlin. Unfortunately, this version was not adapted by the government. Therefore we can only get the trial coins.
The content above is from Helmut Caspar‘s article “ Das Saarland aus Silber”, but I don’t understand, how did Mr. Helmut Caspar know the information about the unadapted design? What’s the meaning of the code “7008”? Anyone know the answer? My friends.

cwt

I believe that an obverse/reverse pair of this trial appeared the recent peus sale (although in the catalog's photo that only the reverse is depicted).
https://sixbid.com/en/dr-busso-peus-nachf/9443/deutsche-reichsmunzen/8052483/slg-graichen-bundesrepublik-deutschland?term=holderlin&orderCol=lot_number&orderDirection=asc&priceFrom&displayMode=large&auctionSessions=&sidebarIsSticky=false

physik

@cwt said:
I believe that an obverse/reverse pair of this trial appeared the recent peus sale (although in the catalog's photo that only the reverse is depicted).
https://sixbid.com/en/dr-busso-peus-nachf/9443/deutsche-reichsmunzen/8052483/slg-graichen-bundesrepublik-deutschland?term=holderlin&orderCol=lot_number&orderDirection=asc&priceFrom&displayMode=large&auctionSessions=&sidebarIsSticky=false

Yes. According to the art style of German modern commemorative coin, I think this trials coin is genuine， but not 100% sure. Thus, I hope we can discuss here.

neildrobertson

Fichte, Eichendorff, and Beethoven commemoratives all used similar styles and design structure. The eagle is reminiscent of the 2 marks. The placement of the G is consistent with its placement in other Karlsruhe commemoratives.

I'm not very familiar with these trials.

physik

@neildrobertson said:
Fichte, Eichendorff, and Beethoven commemoratives all used similar styles and design structure. The eagle is reminiscent of the 2 marks. The placement of the G is consistent with its placement in other Karlsruhe commemoratives.

I'm not very familiar with these trials.

Thanks a lot