1 Vereinsthaler - Louis II Obverse Trial

Trial strikes of the Vereinsthaler type on copper flans were standard procedure at Munich before committing to full silver production runs. This particular type spans the period when Bavaria was maneuvering politically between Austria and Prussia — a position that collapsed definitively with the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, after which Bavaria was forced into the North German sphere. The Vereinsthaler itself was already a dying denomination by the time these trials were struck, rendered obsolete by the monetary unification that followed Prussian victory.

The copper flan was almost certainly sourced from the Munich Mint's own stock rather than struck to any trade specification.