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2 Thalers / 3½ Gulden - Louis I Maximilian I
| Issuer | Bavaria, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1839 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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| Mintage | 1839 |
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The double thaler series was born of political compromise. The Dresden Coinage Convention of 1838 unified the north German thaler standard with the south German gulden system, and Bavaria's participation required issuing coins acceptable as both 2 thalers in the north and 3½ gulden at home. Ludwig I — a king who personally supervised artistic decisions down to individual letter forms — commissioned some of the most refined portrait coinage in German state numismatics, and the double thalers of his reign reflect that obsession. The 1839 issue was among the earliest produced under the new convention.