v23_2126 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF BAVARIA - LUDWIG II 20 marks or, 2e type 1876 Münich
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 130.00 €
Estimate : 230.00 €
Realised price : 130.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 130.00 €
Starting price : 130.00 €
Estimate : 230.00 €
Realised price : 130.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 130.00 €
Type : 20 marks or, 2e type
Date: 1876
Mint name / Town : Münich
Quantity minted : 481989
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,94 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux GOTT MIT UNS (Dieu avec nous)
Coments on the condition:
De petites marques de manipulation dans les champs. Très bel exemplaire
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDWIG II - KŒNIG 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 1876// * 20 MARK *.
Reverse description : Aigle impériale couronnée, timbrée d'un écu orné d'une 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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