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30 Ducats - Aureus Magnus Rome Olympics
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | OLYMPIA ROMA 1960 |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The 1960 Rome Olympics fell at an awkward moment for West German commemorative coinage — the Federal Republic had no legal framework for issuing gold coins outside the Bundesbank's strict monetary mandate, which is why this piece exists not as an official state issue but as a privately minted medal-coin hybrid produced by a commercial house. The "Aureus Magnus" designation was a marketing construct, not a Bundesbank classification.
West Germany sent a unified team to Rome alongside East Germany under a single flag — a political compromise that lasted through 1968.