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1 Kreuzer - Louis II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bavaria |
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| Year | 1865-1871 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Centrally positioned, the quartered coat of arms of Bavaria surmounted by a royal crown with cross finial occupies the field. The shield displays the traditional Bavarian lozengy pattern in the upper dexter and lower sinister quarters, with the Rhenish Palatinate lion passant in the lower dexter quarter, all rendered in fine relief. A beaded inner border frames the design, while the circular legend along the periphery reads K.BAYERISCHE SCHEIDEMÜNZE, identifying the coin as Bavarian small change currency. |
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| Obverse lettering | K.BAYERISCHE SCHEIDEMÜNZE |
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Louis II took the Bavarian throne in 1864 at eighteen years old, and this small billon piece circulated through the early years of a reign that would grow increasingly detached from political reality. Bavaria joined the North German Confederation's enemies in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, backed the losing side, and was forced into a Prussian-aligned military treaty — yet retained nominal sovereignty long enough that Munich continued striking its own coinage through the Franco-Prussian War and right up to German unification in 1871, when the kreuzer system was rendered obsolete by the imperial mark.