1 Thaler - Maximilian I

Maximilian I received the Electoral dignity in February 1623 as direct payment for his military and financial support of the Habsburg cause during the opening campaigns of the Thirty Years' War — the transfer of the Palatine Electorate to Bavaria being one of the most consequential political transactions of the century. This thaler was struck almost immediately after that investiture, making it among the earliest issues produced under his new electoral title rather than his ducal one.

The two-year window of production reflects a transitional moment in the Munich mint's output as new dies incorporating the electoral arms were cut and put into rotation.