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2 Thalers / 3½ Gulden - Maximilian II Johann Christoph von Gluck
| Issuer | Bavaria, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1848 |
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| Value | 2 Thalers = 31/2 Gulden (3.5) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bare-headed draped bust of King Maximilian II of Bavaria, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and a short beard, occupying the central field. The engraver's signature C. VOIGT appears at the base of the truncation. The encircling legend reads MAXIMILIAN II KŒNIG V. BAYERN, positioned along the toothed border. |
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| Obverse lettering | MAXIMILIAN II KŒNIG V. BAYERN C.VOIGT |
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This double thaler commemorates the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck, born in 1714 in the Upper Palatinate — then Bavarian territory — and issued as part of Bavaria's extended series honoring figures associated with the kingdom. The series was a deliberate cultural project under Ludwig I, though this piece appeared in 1848, the same year revolutionary upheaval forced Ludwig's abdication in March following street protests in Munich.
The timing meant production was likely disrupted or curtailed, and pieces from this final year of the series tend to appear less frequently in dealer stock than earlier issues.