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1 Ducat - Maximilian III Joseph Isargold-Dukat
| Issuer | Bavaria, Electorate of |
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| Year | 1756-1762 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat (1 Dukat) (3.5) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Elector Maximilian III Joseph facing right, with flowing curled wig, wearing a lace cravat and armored drapery. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the Baroque style. The circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy, reading D • G • MAX • IOS • U • - B • D • S • R • I • A • & E • L • L •, abbreviated titles identifying the ruler as Elector of Bavaria and arch-steward of the Holy Roman Empire. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The "Isargold" designation on this ducat refers to gold allegedly sourced from the Isar River, a marketing claim — or at minimum a romantic one — attached to Bavarian gold ducats of this period to distinguish them in trade. Whether the alluvial content was genuinely local or the label was applied loosely is a question the minting records at Munich do not cleanly resolve.
Maximilian III Joseph had inherited a electorate bankrupted by his father's catastrophic involvement in the War of Austrian Succession. The Seven Years' War ran concurrent with this issue's production dates, and fiscal pressure on the Munich court was acute throughout.