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1 Thaler - Charles Albert
| Issuer | Bavaria, Electorate of |
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| Year | 1738 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1623-1752) |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armored bust of Elector Charles Albert facing right, wearing a long flowing periwig and a chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece at the neck, with an electoral crown partially visible at the lower left. The legend is rendered in Latin abbreviations and runs along the periphery, interrupted at the top by the effigy. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the Baroque manner, with finely detailed chasing on the armor and drapery. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The enthroned Madonna seated facing, her head turned slightly to the left, holding the Christ Child on her lap; below the figures, a small crowned oval shield bearing the quartered arms of Bavaria and the Palatinate with a central shield of the imperial orb, set within an elaborate Baroque cartouche. Two chains of chivalric orders hang below the shield. The date 1738 appears in the exergue at lower right. The circumferential legend in Latin reads from the left. |
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