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1 Thaler - Charles Theodore Konventionstaler, 3rd portrait
| Issuer | Electorate of Bavaria |
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| Year | 1778-1794 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Virgin Mary, Patroness of Bavaria (Patrona Bavariae), is depicted enthroned upon clouds in a radiant mandorla of long rays, crowned and nimbed, holding the Christ Child on her left arm while her right hand supports a sceptre. The Infant Christ raises his right hand in blessing and holds an orb in his left. A crescent moon lies beneath the Virgin's feet, in accordance with traditional Marian iconography derived from the Book of Revelation. The bilaterally divided Latin legend PATRONA BAVARIAE arcs around the upper field, with the date of issue appearing in the lower exergue. |
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Charles Theodore inherited Bavaria in 1777 following the death of Maximilian III Joseph, who died without legitimate heirs. The succession was immediately contested — Frederick the Great viewed the transfer as a Habsburg land-grab in disguise and launched the War of the Bavarian Succession in 1778, a conflict so bloodless it earned the derisive nickname the "Potato War" from soldiers who spent more time foraging than fighting. The treaty that ended it preserved Bavarian integrity but left Charles Theodore deeply unpopular in Munich, where he was seen as an outsider loyal to Vienna.
The ".3" portrait designation reflects a third obverse die series introduced mid-reign, a routine result of prolonged mintage across nearly two decades at the Munich mint.