Catalog
21/2 Ducats - Aureus Magnus Germania Aeterna
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1961 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central ornamental cross composed of stylized floral and foliate motifs radiating symmetrically from a central oval cartouche inscribed IIS DUCAT, evoking a Christogram-like heraldic design. Four pairs of decorative trumpet or cornucopia-like elements alternate with leaf clusters between the arms of the cross, all executed in high relief. The fineness mark 980 appears at the bottom of the central design. The circumferential legend PRO PROSPERITATE MUNDI arcs across the upper field, while AUREUS MAGNUS is inscribed along the lower periphery in bold incuse letters. |
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The "Aureus Magnus" series was produced by a private German medal maker in the early postwar decades, issued outside any state mint authority and carrying no legal tender status. These pieces occupied a gray zone common in 1950s–60s West Germany, where demand for gold holdings — suppressed under Allied occupation controls and then liberalized — created a market for gold pieces denominated in archaic units like the ducat, a denomination Germany had not officially struck since the imperial period.
Graul 101 is the standard reference for this type within the series catalog.