v08_1879 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF BAVARIA - LUDWIG II 20 marks or, 1er type 1873 Münich
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 129.58 €
Estimate : 213.43 €
Realised price : 129.58 €
Starting price : 129.58 €
Estimate : 213.43 €
Realised price : 129.58 €
Type : 20 marks or, 1er type
Date: 1873
Mint name / Town : Münich
Quantity minted : 2770067
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,93 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux GOTT MIT UNS (Dieu avec nous)
Coments on the condition:
Infimes petits coups sur la tranche au droit. Frappe molle / Joli revers. Un coup sur le listel au revers à 3 heures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDWIG II - KOENIG V. BAYERN.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Louis II à droite ; au-dessous D.
Obverse translation : (Louis II roi de Bavière).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEUTSCHES - REICH (FEUILLE DE CHÊNE)/ 20 - M/18-73.
Reverse description : Aigle impérial couronné, timbré d'un écu orné d'un aigle, entouré du collier de l'ordre allemand.
Reverse translation : (Empire allemand).
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF BAVARIA - LUDWIG II
(03/10/1864-06/13/1886)
Louis II (25/08/1845-13/06/1886) is the eldest son of Maximilian II Joseph and Marie of Prussia. He succeeded his father in 1864. After Prussia, Bavaria was the most powerful state in the Reich. Unfortunately Louis II had supported his cousin François-Joseph Ier of Austria (1848-1916) against Guillaume Ier in the Austro-Prussian war of 1866. A close friend of Wagner, he spent money lavishly and had many castles built in fantastic architecture. A neuropath with an idealistic and enthusiastic temperament, the ministry decided to have a certificate of insanity drawn up and committed. Taken to Berg Castle, he drowned in the nearby lake, possibly while trying to escape.
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