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21/2 Ducats - Aureus Magnus Children of Earth, Type 1
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Value | 21/2 Ducats |
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| Reverse description | Central design featuring an ornate six-pointed cross with elaborately decorated arms terminating in stylised lily or fleur-de-lis motifs, with foliate sprays filling the angles between the arms. At the centre of the cross, within a raised cartouche, the denomination mark IIS above the word DUCAT is inscribed. The fineness mark 980 appears in the lower field beneath the cross. The surrounding legend reads PRO PROSPERITATE MUNDI in the upper arc and AUREUS MAGNUS in the lower arc, each separated by small decorative rosette stops. |
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| Mintage | 1959 |
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The "Aureus Magnus" series was a privately issued fantasy coinage produced by the Nuremberg firm of Wegerhoff in the late 1950s, marketed to collectors as bullion-adjacent pieces during a period when West German citizens were legally restricted from holding monetary gold under postwar Allied-era financial controls. These pieces carry no legal tender status and were never authorized by the Bundesbank or any government body — the "Germany, Federal Republic of" attribution in dealer catalogs is a geographic convention, not an issuing authority claim.
"Children of Earth" designates the thematic type within the series, not a distinct monetary emission.