fwo_879037 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF BAVARIA - LUDWIG II Thaler à la victoire 1871 Münich
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Price : 130.00 €
Type : Thaler à la victoire
Date: 1871
Mint name / Town : Münich
Quantity minted : 149584
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 33,13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 18,54 g.
Edge : XXX*EIN*PFUND*FEIN*-*
Coments on the condition:
Très léger nettoyage
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUDWIG II KOENIG V. BAYERN.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Louis II à droite.
Obverse translation : (Louis II roi de Bavière).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DURCH KAMPF - UND SIEG ZUM FRIEDEN.
Reverse description : Femme assise à gauche, une corne d'abondance dans la main gauche et le bras droit tendu tenant une couronne de lauriers ; une branche d'olivier devant la jambe droite ; à l'exergue, FRIEDENSSCHLUSS ZU / FRANKFURT A. M. / 10 MAI 1871.
Commentary
C’est le dernier thaler pour la Bavière.
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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