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5 Mark - Louis III Pattern
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bavaria |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Currency | Mark |
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| Reverse description | The Imperial German eagle displayed at centre, with wings spread, head turned to the right, and surmounted by a crown. The breast of the eagle bears a shield charged with the Bavarian arms, suspended from which is the chain of the Order of the Black Eagle. The circular legend DEUTSCHES REICH arcs across the upper field, with the date 1914 positioned to the right. The denomination FÜNF MARK appears in the lower exergual area, flanked by star ornaments, all enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Mint | D Munich, Germany (1158-date) |
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This is a pattern strike for a 5 Mark piece that was never approved for circulation — Bavaria's Louis III had assumed the throne in November 1913 following the forced abdication of his mentally incapacitated brother Otto, and the outbreak of war in August 1914 effectively ended any practical path to a regular coinage issue in his name. The German states lost their minting rights for silver coinage entirely under wartime consolidation, leaving Louis III among the least-represented Bavarian rulers in circulating silver.
Schaaf 53/G 4 places this among a small group of documented pattern variants. Surviving examples are rare precisely because production stopped at the trial stage.