fwo_966005 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF BAVARIA - LUDWIG II 5 Mark 1876 Munich
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Type : 5 Mark
Date: 1876
Mint name / Town : Munich
Quantity minted : 1129555
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 38 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,53 g.
Edge : GOTT MIT UNS
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDWIG II - KOENIG V. BAYERN.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite du roi Louis II de Bavière, lettre D en dessous.
Obverse translation : (Louis II, roi de Bavière).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEUTSCHES REICH 1876 // *FÜNF MARK*.
Reverse description : Aigle héraldique impériale couronné.
Reverse translation : (Empire allemand, cinq mark).
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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