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1 Argenteus - Aureus Magnus Munich Olympics
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Currency | Aureus Magnus |
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| Reverse description | Central panoramic view of the Munich cityscape prominently featuring the twin onion-domed towers of the Frauenkirche and the Gothic spire of the New Town Hall, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. A six-armed cross motif appears to the left of the city view, and the denomination mark I ARG. is inscribed to the upper right. The design is framed by a wreath of laurel branches extending around the entire periphery. The legend MÜNCHEN OLYMPIASTADT 1972 is inscribed in bold lettering below the architectural scene, with a .999 fineness mark at the base of the wreath. |
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| Reverse lettering | I ARG. MÜNCHEN OLYMPIASTADT 1972 |
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West Germany issued this coin as part of a larger commemorative series tied to the Munich Games — a deliberate exercise in Cold War soft power, projecting the new Federal Republic as a peaceful, democratic host. Ten different designs were released across four years leading up to the event. The series was one of the most ambitious Olympic coin programs any host nation had mounted to that point.
The Games themselves ended in catastrophe on September 5th, when eleven members of the Israeli delegation were killed following the Black September hostage crisis — an event that permanently shadows every artifact produced in anticipation of Munich 1972.