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1 Kreuzer - Maximilian I Joseph Occupation of Tyrol
| Issuer | Royal Bavarian Mint |
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| Year | 1806 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a circular Latin legend reading BAIERISCHE LANDMUNZ around the upper periphery, with the date 1806 at the bottom. At the centre, the denomination numeral 1 appears above the word KREUZER in two horizontal lines, with a small decorative ornament above the numeral. The design is rendered in plain relief against an unadorned field, reflecting the utilitarian character of this circulation copper coinage issued for the Tyrolian occupation territories. |
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Bavaria acquired Tyrol from Austria as part of the territorial reorganization following Napoleon's defeat of the Habsburg forces at Austerlitz in December 1805. The Peace of Pressburg, signed days later, stripped Austria of its Tirolean territories and delivered them to Maximilian I Joseph, who had only just been elevated from Elector to King of Bavaria — also by Napoleon's hand. This coin is a direct product of that political settlement, issued to assert Bavarian monetary authority over a newly absorbed population that had spent centuries under Habsburg rule.
Tyrolean resistance to Bavarian administration would turn violent within three years, culminating in Andreas Hofer's rebellion of 1809.