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1 Ducat - Maximilian I Joseph
| Issuer | Bavaria, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1823-1825 |
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| Currency | Conventionsthaler (1806-1837) |
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| Reverse description | The Bavarian royal coat of arms, comprising a quartered shield displaying the lozengy fusilly of Bavaria and the Palatine lion, surmounted by an elaborate royal crown and supported on either side by a rampant lion guardant. The shield rests on a decorative mantle base, with the date 1824 inscribed in the exergue below. The patriotic motto FÜR GOTT UND VATERLAND is disposed around the upper periphery of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | FÜR GOTT UND VATERLAND 1824 |
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Maximilian I Joseph had died in October 1825, meaning ducats bearing his name and the later dates of this short run were struck in the final months of a reign that had transformed Bavaria from an electorate into a kingdom — a title Napoleon granted in 1806 as reward for Bavarian alliance. The ducat itself was already an anachronism by this point, a gold trade coin whose form had changed little since the medieval Venetian standard, kept in production largely for commercial transactions that preferred the internationally recognized denomination over domestic currency.