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1 Argenteus - Aureus Magnus Maria Theresa
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1957-1967 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Reverse description | A large ornate six-pointed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals occupies the central field, with stylised lily or trefoil motifs decorating the angles between the arms. The Roman numeral I appears in a raised central medallion at the intersection of the cross. The denomination ARGENTEUS is inscribed along the lower arc of the legend, while PRO PROSPERITATE MUNDI arcs along the upper portion; the mintage figure 1000 appears in small characters below the cross. The design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Maria Theresa Thaler is one of the longest-continuously-struck trade coins in history, originally issued by the Habsburg court from 1741 and famously frozen at the 1780 date after the empress's death — a date it still carries today. This German restrike, produced in the late 1950s and through the 1960s, belongs to a broader post-war tradition of Western mints capitalizing on the coin's entrenched role in Arabian Peninsula and East African trade networks, where merchants valued its consistent silver content above all else.
The "Argenteus Aureus" designation and X# reference place this squarely in the fantasy/exonumia category — a privately-issued restrike rather than a Bundesrepublik state coinage.