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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 description | Diademed and draped bust of Roma facing right, her flowing hair rendered in fine wavy lines beneath an ornate crown. An olive branch appears at lower left, accompanied by the five interlocked rings of the Olympic symbol at the base of the design. The engraver's initial is visible in the lower field near the truncation. The legend arcs around the periphery in bold raised capitals, divided left and right of the portrait. |
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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.