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3 Mark - Louis III Golden Wedding Anniversary - Pattern
| Issuer | Bavaria, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 3 Marks |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Imperial German eagle displayed, with wings spread and head turned to the right, surmounted by a crown. On the breast of the eagle is a shield bearing the Hohenzollern arms. The legend DEUTSCHES REICH arcs around the upper portion of the field, with the date 1918 to the right. The denomination DREI MARK is inscribed in two lines at the base of the design, flanked by small six-pointed stars. A beaded border encircles the entire reverse. |
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Bavaria's golden wedding anniversary coinage for Louis III and Marie Therese was struck in 1918 — the same year the Wittelsbach dynasty collapsed entirely. Louis III was deposed in November 1918 amid the revolutionary upheaval following Germany's defeat, making this commemorative issue a relic of a monarchy that ceased to exist almost immediately after the dies were cut. The brass pattern likely reflects wartime metal restrictions that had already pushed silver coinage out of circulation by mid-conflict.