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30 Ducats - Aureus Magnus München
| Issuer | Aureus Magnus |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Composition | Gold (.980) |
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| Obverse lettering | IN HONOREM CIVITATIS MONACENSIS 1158 1958 |
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| Mintage | 1958 |
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Aureus Magnus was a Munich-based private minting house active in the postwar decades, producing high-denomination gold multiples aimed squarely at collectors and investors rather than any monetary system. The firm operated in a West German market still rebuilding confidence in hard assets after the Reichsmark collapse of 1948, and pieces like this 30-ducat multiple were sold directly to buyers who wanted bullion in a historically resonant form.
The ducat denomination itself carries no legal tender status here — it is an antiquarian affectation, denominated in a unit last officially used by the Habsburg monetary system.