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1 Conventionsthaler - Maximilian III Joseph
| Issuer | Bavaria, Electorate of |
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| Year | 1753-1759 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The elaborate quartered arms of Bavaria occupy the centre of the field, featuring the distinctive Bavarian lozengy (fusilly in bend) pattern, surmounted by an Electoral bonnet crown with ornate scrolled mantling. Two rampant lions serve as heraldic supporters on either side of the shield, which incorporates additional inescutcheons with regional arms. Foliate and decorative scrollwork frames the composition at the base, where the date is divided on either side, reading 17·55·. The entire design is contained within a toothed outer border, with no surrounding legend on the reverse. |
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Maximilian III Joseph inherited Bavaria in 1745 buried under the catastrophic debts accumulated by his father Karl Albrecht's disastrous bid for the imperial throne — a campaign that left the electorate occupied by Austrian troops and financially gutted. The Convention thaler series beginning in 1753 was a direct consequence of the Münzkonvention signed that year between Bavaria and Austria, standardizing the silver thaler at 10 to the Cologne mark and forcing smaller German states into monetary alignment with Vienna whether they welcomed it or not.
Bavaria's adoption was not entirely voluntary. Maximilian III had little leverage to resist.