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1 Argenteus - Aureus Magnus Albert Schweitzer

Issuer Germany, Federal Republic of
Year 1965
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Composition Silver (.999)
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Obverse script Latin
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Albert Schweitzer died on September 4, 1965, the same year this piece was issued — making it simultaneously a tribute and an obituary in metal. Schweitzer had spent decades at his hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon, and had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952, using the prize money directly to fund a leprosy treatment center on the hospital grounds.

The "Argenteus Aureus Magnus" designation is a private medal issue, not a state coinage — the X# prefix in Krause confirms its non-circulation status.

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