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3 Kreuzers - Louis I
| Issuer | Baden |
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| Year | 1829-1830 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Grand Duke Ludwig I of Baden facing right, rendered in fine relief with naturalistically styled curly hair. The effigy is unadorned and classically proportioned in the neoclassical tradition. A circular legend surrounds the portrait along the rim, reading LUDWIG GROSHERZOG V. BADEN, with a beaded border encircling the entire field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Baden's 3 Kreuzer issues of this period occupy an awkward moment in German monetary history — the German states were still operating under fragmented coinage conventions ahead of the 1838 Dresden Monetary Convention, which would finally impose regional standardization across much of the south. Louis I had already begun rationalizing Baden's currency output following the disruptions of the Napoleonic reorganization, and the billon small change series reflects that transitional housekeeping rather than any deliberate monetary ambition.