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1 Conventionsthaler - Louis I Customs Union
| Issuer | Bavaria, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1835 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A caduceus — the winged staff of Mercury with two entwined serpents — is depicted centrally in the field, symbolizing commerce and trade, flanked on either side by upswept laurel branches forming an open wreath. The date 1835 appears in the exergue below the wreath. The circumferential commemorative legend BEYTRITT VON BADEN ZUM TEUTSCHEN ZOLLVEREIN arcs around the upper and lateral portions of the coin, recording Baden's accession to the German Customs Union. The design is enclosed by a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Bavaria joined the Zollverein — the German Customs Union — when it came into force on January 1, 1834, marking a significant step toward the economic unification that would precede political consolidation by nearly four decades. This thaler was struck the following year, almost certainly as a deliberate commemorative gesture by Ludwig I, who was keenly aware of coinage as political communication. The Conventionsthaler standard itself dated to the 1753 treaty between Austria and Bavaria, fixing the coin at 10 to the Cologne mark of silver — a standard already under pressure from the newer Prussian Thaler system competing for dominance across the emerging union.