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3 Kreuzers - Charles Albert
| Issuer | Bavaria, Electorate of |
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| Year | 1726-1733 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1623-1752) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Elector Charles Albert facing right, wearing a cuirass and elaborate periwig, occupying the central field. A circular Latin legend runs along the periphery, partially legible on this heavily worn example. The portrait is rendered in the Baroque style typical of early eighteenth-century German electoral coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | MONETA NOVA ARGENTEA III |
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Charles Albert's tenure as Elector of Bavaria was dominated by his expensive dynastic ambitions — ambitions that would eventually land him the title of Holy Roman Emperor as Charles VII in 1742, though he spent much of that reign as a fugitive from Austrian forces. These small silver issues circulated through a Bavaria perpetually strained by the costs of maintaining alliances, fielding armies, and pursuing claims that most contemporaries considered overreach. The Wittelsbach treasury was rarely flush during this window.