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5 Ducats - Aureus Magnus Germania Aeterna
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1961 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Germania facing left, crowned with an elaborate fleur-de-lis crown, wearing a mantle fastened at the shoulder with a decorative brooch and at the chest with an ornate cross-shaped fibula. The effigy is rendered in a medievalizing style with strong relief. The legend GERMANIA is inscribed along the left field and AETERNA along the right, with the date 1961 divided on either side of the bust in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "Germania Aeterna" pieces occupy a peculiar corner of German numismatic history — private gold issues produced by the Nuremberg firm of Bauer, operating under a loophole that permitted medal-weight gold strikings not classified as legal tender. The 1961 date places this squarely in the early Federal Republic years, when West German citizens were still legally restricted from holding monetary gold under Allied-era financial controls that persisted well into the postwar decade.
The "Aureus Magnus" designation was Bauer's own branding, not an official classification. Collectors should be clear-eyed: these are privately struck bullion medals with a numismatic veneer, not state coinage.