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3 Argenteus - Aureus Magnus Egypt, Nefertiti, Type 2
| Issuer | Werner Graul (Fantasy Issue) |
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| Year | 1958-1961 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust of Queen Nefertiti rendered in high relief, depicted in the manner of the celebrated ancient Egyptian sculptural portrait, wearing her characteristic flat-topped blue crown with decorated diadem band. The engraver's monogram cipher appears in the upper left field. The date 1958 is placed in two lines to the right of the bust. A circular Latin legend reading MATER OPERUM ATQUE ARTIFICIORUM surrounds the upper periphery, with the word AEGYPTUS flanked by ornamental dots along the lower border. |
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| Mintage | 1958 - Proof - 1961 - Proof - |
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Werner Graul was a German medallist and fantasy coin producer active in the postwar decades, issuing pieces under invented denominations and fictitious authorities — none of which correspond to any real monetary system. The "Argenteus Aureus Magnus" denomination is his own invention, and Egypt issued no such coinage. These pieces circulate among collectors as curiosities of mid-century private fantasy production rather than as anything with numismatic authority behind them.
The Nefertiti connection places this squarely in the postwar West German fascination with the famous Berlin bust, repatriation of which Egypt had been demanding since the 1920s.