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1 Argenteus - Aureus Magnus Charlemagne
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Weight | 15 g |
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| Obverse description | Crowned effigy of Charlemagne facing left, depicted in a stylized medieval manner wearing an ornate jewelled crown. A monogram composed of the letters K, R, L, and S — representing KRLS, the Carolingian monogram of Charlemagne — appears below the bust at centre. The circular legend reads CAROLUS MAGNUS IMP AUG, with the Roman numerals DCCLXVIII (768) and DCCCXIV (814) flanking the portrait, alongside the modern date 1968 in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the 1,200th anniversary of Charlemagne's birth, this piece belongs to a wave of West German commemorative policy that used coinage to anchor the Federal Republic's identity in a deep, pre-national European past — a deliberate move given the political sensitivities of projecting German history in the late 1960s. The Carolingian connection was useful precisely because it predated the nation-state entirely.
The "Argenteus Aureus Magnus" designation is a modern confection, not a historical coin type.