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1 Conventionsthaler - Christoph Francis
| Issuer | Bishopric of Bamberg |
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| Year | 1800 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#151, Dav GT II#1940 |
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| Reverse description | Upper portion of the field features a large oval cartouche encircled by a laurel wreath, bearing the denomination inscription 'X / EINE FEINE / MARK' in three lines. Below the cartouche, a detailed panoramic view of the city of Bamberg is depicted, showing its characteristic skyline of cathedral spires, towers, and civic buildings along the riverbank. The city name 'BAMBERG' appears in a rectangular tablet at the base of the cityscape. A circular legend referencing the Convention standard runs around the upper periphery, with a beaded border at the rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Christoph Franz von Buseck was the last Prince-Bishop of Bamberg. He issued this thaler just six years before Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine dissolved the ecclesiastical principality entirely in 1806, ending over eight centuries of church rule in the region. The Bishopric was absorbed into the newly created Kingdom of Bavaria without ceremony.
The Convention standard itself — established by the 1753 treaty between Austria and Bavaria — was already under strain by 1800, with French-influenced monetary chaos eroding cross-border silver agreements across the German states.