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1 Thaler - Charles Albert Vikariat
| Issuer | Bavaria, Electorate of |
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| Year | 1740 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined accolated busts of Electors Charles Albert and Charles Philip facing right, both in armored dress with elaborate pauldrons and decorative gorget; the foreground bust displays flowing curled hair with rich baroque detailing, while the second bust behind is shown in profile with cropped hair. The surrounding legend reads D. G. C. ALB. & C. PHIL. ELECT. PROV. &. VICARII. in Latin, distributed around the upper and lateral fields within a beaded inner border. |
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| Reverse description | Displayed imperial double-headed eagle with wings spread, bearing on its breast a crowned oval escutcheon of four-fold arms of Bavaria and the Palatinate, with a central inescutcheon of the imperial orb. Two chains of orders are suspended below the shield. The circumferential Latin legend incorporates the regnal title and vicariate jurisdiction, with the date 1740 placed at the conclusion of the inscription. |
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Charles Albert of Bavaria claimed the imperial vicariate — the right to govern the Holy Roman Empire in an interregnum — following the death of Emperor Charles VI in October 1740, the same vacancy that triggered the War of the Austrian Succession. The vicariate coinage was struck quickly, as the legal window for such issues was tied directly to the interregnum period; once Charles Albert was himself elected Emperor Charles VII in January 1742, the political justification for vicariat issues dissolved entirely.
The Davenport reference places this squarely within the German Taler series, cross-referenced by Wittelsbach dynastic catalogues — the Hahn number confirming a Bavarian court mint attribution.