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5 Ducats - Ferdinand Maria Birth of Princess Maria Anna - Silver Pattern
| Issuer | Bavaria, Electorate of |
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| Year | 1660 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ferdinand Maria struck this piece to mark the birth of his daughter Maria Anna in 1660, but the denomination designation is misleading — a 5-ducat silver pattern occupies a peculiar category, priced against a gold standard it never actually met. These were presentation objects, not monetary instruments, produced in small numbers for court distribution and diplomatic gift-giving. The Munich mint under the Wittelsbachs had a well-established tradition of such multi-ducat silver strikings specifically for occasions of dynastic significance.
Maria Anna would later marry John III Sobieski of Poland in 1670, making this birth commemorative a footnote to one of the more consequential dynastic unions of late 17th-century Central Europe.