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1 Koventionsthaler - Maximilian III Joseph
| Issuer | Bavaria, Electorate of |
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| Year | 1759-1768 |
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| Currency | Conventionsthaler (1753-1806) |
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| Reverse description | A crowned, ornately decorated heraldic shield bearing the four-fold arms of Bavaria and the Palatinate, with a central escutcheon displaying the imperial orb, the whole supported on either side by rampant lions. Two chains of chivalric orders encircle the shield. The date is divided at the bottom of the field on either side of the supporters, with no surrounding legend. The overall composition is characteristic of the high baroque heraldic style prevalent in southern German coinage of the mid-eighteenth century. |
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| Reverse lettering | 17 61 |
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Maximilian III Joseph inherited Bavaria in 1745 with the electorate financially gutted by his father Karl Albrecht's disastrous bid for the Habsburg imperial throne — a gamble that dragged Bavaria into the War of the Austrian Succession and left it occupied by Austrian troops. The Konventionstaler itself was a product of the 1753 Munich Convention, a monetary agreement between Bavaria and Austria standardizing silver coinage across their territories at 10 talers to the Cologne mark.
The KM#502.1 designation separates this die variety from later issues in the series. Production across this nine-year span was handled by the Munich mint under successive Münzmeister, and subtle differences in the reverse die lettering allow attribution of individual pieces to narrower date ranges within the run.