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1 Ducat - Charles Theodore Isargold-Dukat
| Issuer | Electorate of Bavaria |
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| Year | 1779-1793 |
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| Currency | Conventionsthaler (1753-1806) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1779 - MDCCLXXIX - 1780 - MDCCLXXX - 1793 - MDCCXCIII - |
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Charles Theodore inherited Bavaria in 1777 under deeply unfavorable circumstances — a foreign elector from the Palatinate line with no natural constituency in Munich, widely resented by the Bavarian nobility and public alike. His reign opened immediately with the War of the Bavarian Succession, in which Joseph II attempted to annex large portions of the territory. Frederick the Great intervened, and the resulting Peace of Teschen in 1779 preserved Bavaria's borders but did little for Charles Theodore's popularity.
The Isargold designation references gold refined from the Isar River's alluvial deposits, a Bavarian practice with medieval roots. By the late eighteenth century the yields were largely symbolic, but the designation carried enough prestige to justify it on ducats intended for presentation and diplomatic use.