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30 Ducats - Aureus Magnus Manhattan
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | AD MDCIX HENRICUS HUDSON INSULAM MANHATTAN APERUIT 1609 1959 |
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The "Aureus Magnus Manhattan" designation points to this as a privately commissioned German gold piece of the late 1950s, a category of large-format bullion strikes produced outside the official Bundesbank framework and intended primarily for export sale and collector portfolios in the United States — hence the Manhattan reference. These were not legal tender and carried no state guarantee, occupying a grey zone that West German monetary authorities largely tolerated during the dollar-flush postwar recovery years.
The X# prefix in the standard reference confirms its non-circulation, non-governmental status. At 103.5 grams of high-fineness gold, the piece contains just over three troy ounces of fine metal.