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1 Conventionsthaler - Louis I Geschichtstaler, Accession to power - Pattern
| Issuer | Munich Mint |
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| Year | 1825 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | LUDWIG I KOENIG VON BAYERN ZEHN EINE FEINE MARK |
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Louis I came to the Bavarian throne in October 1825 following the death of his father Maximilian I Joseph. The Geschichtstaler — literally "history thaler" — was a distinctly Bavarian format for commemorative coinage, and Louis embraced it more aggressively than any predecessor, eventually producing dozens of types across his reign to document events he considered historically significant.
This piece is a pattern, meaning it never entered circulation and was struck in limited numbers for presentation or approval purposes. The .833 fineness aligns with the Convention standard governing German silver coinage at the time, though patterns were often struck with greater care than production runs.