Hammer, Compass, Corn Wreath 5 Pfennig Communist East Germany Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (German Democratic Republic)

Hammer, Compass and Corn Wreath 5 Pfennig East Germany Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (German Democratic Republic)

Obverse: Emblem of the GDR (German Democratic Republic) (a hammer and a compass, surrounded by a wreath of corn with a ribbon displaying the flag colors: black, red and yellow)
Lettering: DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK
Translation: German Democratic Republic

Reverse: The face value and two oak leaves with the date below
Lettering: 5 PFENNIG

Features
Issuer German Democratic Republic (Germany)
Period Republic (1948-1990)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1968-1990
Value 5 Pfennig (0.05 DDM)
Currency Mark (1948-1990)
Composition Aluminium
Weight 1.1 g
Diameter 19 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 07-01-1991
Number N# 1926
References KM# 9, Schön# 9

Wikipedia:
The national emblem of East Germany featured a hammer and a compass, surrounded by a wreath of corn. It was an example of what has been called "socialist heraldry". It was the only heraldic device of a European socialist state with a ring of grain which does not contain a red star.

Description
The hammer represented the workers in the factories. The compass represented the intelligentsia, and the wreath of corn the farmers. The first designs included only the hammer and wreath of corn, as an expression of the GDR as a communist "Workers' and Farmers' state" (Arbeiter- und Bauernstaat). Surrounded by a wreath, the national emblem also acted as the emblem for the National People's Army, and when surrounded by a twelve pointed white star, for the People's Police.

When the federated states in East Germany were abolished and replaced by Bezirke, making the GDR into a unitary state, the national emblem came to be used by the Bezirke too. The East German government did not want regional symbols to be used, since they could stir up regional patriotism and movements for independence.

The emblem was adopted as the GDR's national emblem by a law of 26 September 1955, and added to the national flag by a law of 1 October 1959.

The emblem in West Germany
The display of the national emblem was for some years regarded as unconstitutional in West Germany and West Berlin and was prevented by the police. Only in 1969 did the West German government of Willy Brandt reverse this policy in what was known as Ostpolitik.