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21/2 Ducats - Aureus Magnus Austria
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1956 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse lettering | AD MCLVI AUSTRIA DUCATUS INSTAURATUS HEINRICH JASOMIR GOTT 1156 1956 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This piece is not a German Federal Republic issue in any conventional sense — it was struck by the West German firm Münzhandlung der Bayerischen Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank as a reissue of an Austrian ducal type, sold directly into the numismatic and bullion market rather than through any monetary authority. The "Aureus Magnus" branding was a commercial designation, not an official denomination. West Germany's postwar gold coin market operated in a legal gray zone through much of the 1950s, with private minting houses filling demand that federal currency law hadn't yet addressed.