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GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR 3 reichsmark, Stuttgart, 1929-E, PCGS Proof 60

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GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR 3 reichsmark, Stuttgart, 1929-E, PCGS Proof 60
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GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR 3 reichsmark, Stuttgart, 1929-E, KM-60, J-335, Schön-59, commemorating the 200th Anniversary of Gotthold Lessing, a well-struck reflective proof state example! PCGS graded Proof 60, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature. His comedy Der Junge Gelehrte, "The Young Scholar", is a delightful satire on an arrogant, superficial, vain, and easily offended scholar, a figure through which Lessing mocked his own bookishness. Other comedies belonging to this Leipzig period of 1747-49 are Die alte Jungfer (The Old Maid), Der Misogyn (The Misogynist), Die Juden (The Jews), and Der Freigeist (The Free Thinker). They are witty commentaries on human weaknesses of bigotry, prejudice, nagging, fortune hunting, matchmaking, intrigue, hypocrisy, corruption, and frivolity. Set against this background are virtuous men and women who are considerate and selfless, sensitive and helpful, forthright, and faithful in love. In Die Juden, Lessing praised unappreciated nobility of mind and thus struck a blow against bigotry toward the Jews at a time when they were still confined to a ghetto life.