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15 Kreuzers - Maximilian II Emanuel
| Issuer | Bavaria, Electorate of |
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| Year | 1715-1718 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Maximilian II Emanuel returned from French-backed exile in 1714 following the Treaty of Baden, which closed out the War of the Spanish Succession — a conflict that had cost him his electorate entirely after the disaster at Blenheim in 1704. These kreuzers were struck during his restoration years, a period of aggressive fiscal rebuilding as he attempted to restore Bavarian finances gutted by a decade of Austrian occupation and Allied administration.
The .720 fineness reflects post-war monetary pragmatism rather than debasement per se — Munich was working within the constraints of the 1690 Leipzig Coin Convention and its successors, which set southern German silver standards for smaller denominations.