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1 Argenteus - Aureus Magnus Munich
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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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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| Edge | Plain |
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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.