Palau – German Battleship – Bismarck – $10 – 2009 – Square Proof Silver Crown – COA – The German battleship Bismarck is one of the most famous warships of World War II. Named after the 19th century German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, it displaced more than 50,000 metric tons fully loaded and was the largest warship then commissioned. Her chief claim to fame came from the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941 during which the battlecruiser HMS