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1/2 Thaler - Maximilian I
| Uitgever | Bavaria, Duchy of |
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| Jaar | 1622 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central crowned oval cartouche bearing the quartered arms of Bavaria and the Palatinate, supported on either side by rampant lions in high relief. The date 1622 appears in a cartouche at the base of the shield. A circular Latin legend surrounds the entire composition, naming Maximilian I as Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of both Bavarias. The heraldic design is rendered in the detailed Baroque style characteristic of early seventeenth-century Bavarian coinage. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | MAXIMILIANVS. D:G: COM: PAL: RHE: VTRQ: BOIARIÆ. DVX. 1622 |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
1622 places this coin squarely in the opening phase of the Thirty Years' War, the year Maximilian I consolidated his position after Frederick V's defeat at White Mountain. The Bavarian mint was under severe pressure during this period — the Kipper und Wipperzeit currency crisis had destabilized coinage across the German states, with debased issues flooding markets and silver hoarded aggressively. A half thaler in proper silver was a deliberate assertion of monetary reliability at precisely the moment most mints were cutting corners.
Maximilian received the Electoral dignity from Emperor Ferdinand II in 1623, just one year after this striking.