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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1950846, member: 39&quot;]Nah, a medal with a &quot;fantasy&quot; denomination. The Aureus Magnus pieces were &quot;issued&quot; by Werner Graul who, in the mid-1950s, had the idea of creating a gold world currency. Was a flop (surprise) but he did make a few nice medals. In gold and silver, with various &quot;denominations&quot;. This page <a href="http://www.aureus-magnus.com/katalog/emission3.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.aureus-magnus.com/katalog/emission3.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.aureus-magnus.com/katalog/emission3.html</a> shows the Kennedy piece (in the 10 ducats variety) as #47.</p><p><br /></p><p>Werner Graul was an interesting guy, by the way. This is a movie poster that he created, in the 1920s, for Fritz Lang&#039;s <i>Metropolis</i>. Sort of famous, at least around here. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Graul was 21 years old then.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]341943[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>His attitude regarding the nazi regime was, hmm, ambiguous. Graul sure had racist and pagan views but he also lived, to some extent, in his own universe. The themes and people he honored with his (several hundred) <i>Aureus Magnus</i> designs, between the mid-1950s and early 80s, sure were much more diverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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