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10 Dollars Theodor Heuss
| Issuer | Bank of Nauru |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | A bust-length portrait of Theodor Heuss, first President of the Federal Republic of Germany, faces slightly to the left in a dignified, realistic style. The effigy shows Heuss in a suit with a formal collar, rendered in fine relief. The legend '1949 · 1959 THEODOR HEUSS' arcs along the upper periphery, referencing his presidential tenure, while the denomination '10 DOLLARS' is inscribed in the lower field. A beaded border runs along the inner rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1949 · 1959 THEODOR HEUSS 10 DOLLARS |
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Nauru's gold commemorative program of the mid-2000s targeted the collector market almost exclusively, with pieces like this one bearing little connection to the island nation beyond its issuing authority. Theodor Heuss, the Federal Republic of Germany's first president, served from 1949 to 1959 and was closely associated with the cultural and intellectual reconstruction of postwar West Germany — a figure of genuine historical weight dropped into a coin series with no organic relationship to him whatsoever.
The KM#64 attribution places this squarely within a broader Nauruan commemorative run that leaned heavily on European historical figures to sell to German and continental collectors.