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10 Ducats - Aureus Magnus Bremen
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Weight | 35 g |
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| Reverse description | Central motif consists of an elaborate stylized cross or candelabrum form with eight radiating branches, each terminating in foliate and bird-like ornamental flourishes in a distinctly heraldic artistic style. At the center of the composition, within a hexagonal cartouche, the denomination X DUCAT is inscribed. The fineness mark 980 appears in the lower field beneath the central motif. The circumferential legend AVORUM NON MORITURA VIRTUS arcs along the upper periphery, while AUREUS MAGNUS curves along the lower periphery, both separated from the field by a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | AVORUM NON MORITURA VIRTUS X DUCAT 980 AUREUS MAGNUS |
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This is a restrike of a historical Bremen municipal gold piece, produced in 1958 as a bullion-adjacent prestige issue rather than circulating currency — the Federal Republic had no business striking ducats, a denomination dead for over a century, but civic commemorative tradition in German free cities ran deep enough to justify it. Bremen's senate had a long history of commissioning large-format gold multiples for diplomatic gifts and civic ceremony, a practice stretching back to the seventeenth century.
The X# prefix in the Krause reference places it firmly in the "unofficial" category — legal tender nowhere, but recognized as a coherent series by collectors.