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1 Ducat - Aureus Magnus Pope John XXIII
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device comprising an elaborate ornamental cross with flared, foliate terminals, each arm adorned with stylised floral and leaf motifs in high relief, occupying the full field. The denomination I DUCAT is inscribed within a central medallion at the intersection of the cross arms. The fineness mark 980 appears at the base of the central cross. The upper peripheral legend reads PRO PROSPERITATE MUNDI (For the prosperity of the world), while the lower legend reads AUREUS MAGNUS, both separated by small rosette stops. |
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Angelo Roncalli was elected Pope in October 1958 at age 76, widely assumed to be a caretaker pontiff. By 1960 he had already convened the Second Vatican Council's preparatory commission, a move few saw coming. West German gold medal issues of this type were produced by private mints — primarily Münze München and associated houses — for the collector and devotional trade, carrying no legal tender status but struck to ducat weight standards rooted in centuries of German goldsmith convention.
The .980 fineness is notably purer than the traditional venetian ducat at .986, a marginal but deliberate distinction common to this series.