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1 Ducat - Aureus Magnus Germania Aeterna
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat |
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| Obverse description | Crowned draped bust of Germania facing three-quarters left, wearing a mural crown and a veil, with hands clasped in a devotional gesture at center. The figure is rendered in a medieval heraldic style with fine drapery detail. The legend GERMANIA curves along the left field, while the word AETERNA appears along the right field. The date is divided by the figure, with 19 to the left and 61 to the right in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "Germania Aeterna" ducats were privately issued fantasy pieces struck by a German private mint — not legal tender of the Federal Republic and carrying no official government authorization. The 1961 date places this in the early years of West Germany, when official coinage was tightly controlled and commemorative gold issues through the Bundesbank essentially nonexistent, leaving a commercial vacuum that private minters moved quickly to fill.
The Aureus Magnus branding was a product line, not a historical series. Buyers should understand these as bullion-adjacent collector medals dressed in numismatic language.