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1 Argenteus - Aureus Magnus Munich
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Currency | Aureus Magnus |
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| Obverse description | Panoramic cityscape of Munich (Monachium) rendered in high relief against a mirrored field, prominently featuring the twin onion-domed towers of the Frauenkirche at centre, flanked to the left by the clock tower of St. Peter's Church (Alter Peter) and to the right by the Gothic spire of the New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus), with additional ecclesiastical towers completing the skyline. The engraver's monogram appears in the upper right field. The Latin place name MONACHIUM is inscribed in large capitals along the lower field, with the date 19-65 divided by the Munich Kindl emblem below. |
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| Reverse description | A large six-armed decorative cross dominates the field, its terminals adorned with stylised fleur-de-lis motifs and foliate ornaments occupying the angles between the arms. At the centre of the cross, within a lobed cartouche, stands the Roman numeral I denoting the denomination. The circumferential legend PRO PROSPERITATE MUNDI (meaning 'For the prosperity of the world') runs along the upper periphery, while ARGENTEUS appears along the lower border above the fineness designation 1000, flanked by rosette stops. |
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The "Argenteus Aureus Magnus" issues of the 1960s were privately produced fantasy pieces with no official Bundesbank authorization — struck by commercial mints catering to the collector medal market that flourished in West Germany during the postwar economic recovery. The X# prefix in the reference confirms this: these sit outside mainstream coinage entirely, catalogued by Krause as "non-standard" issues.
The Munich attribution likely indicates the striking facility rather than any issuing authority.