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1 Goldgulden - Louis I Neujahrsgoldgulden
| Issuer | Bavaria, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1827-1835 |
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| Weight | 3.25 g |
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| Reverse description | A detailed panoramic cityscape of Würzburg fills the lower portion of the field, depicting the city's skyline with prominent church spires, towers, and the hilltop Marienberg Fortress to the right, all rendered in fine engraved relief. Above the city view, the curved legend EIN GOLD GULDEN is inscribed across the upper field. Below the cityscape, the abbreviated Latin civic motto S.P.Q.W. (Senatus Populusque Wirceburgensis) appears in the exergual area, identifying Würzburg as the issuing city authority. The milled border encircles the entire design. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Neujahrsgoldgulden — New Year's gold gulden — was a distinctly Bavarian court tradition, struck not for circulation but for distribution as gifts by the king to members of the nobility and royal household on New Year's Day. Louis I revived and formalized the practice after his accession in 1825, using it as an occasion for annual presentation pieces tied to his reign. These were handled rather than spent, which explains the relatively high survival rate in respectable condition.
The .770 fineness reflects the old south German gulden standard rather than the purer coin gold of the period's trade coinage.