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6 Kreuzer - Maximilian I Joseph
| Issuer | Bavaria, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1806-1825 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The central device features the Bavarian royal coat of arms — a quartered shield displaying the characteristic blue and white lozenge pattern of Bavaria with an inescutcheon — surmounted by a royal crown topped with a cross. The shield is flanked by an ornamental wreath of olive and laurel branches crossing at the base. The denomination legend LAND MUNZ. 6 K. is distributed to the left and right of the crowned arms, while the date appears in the exergue below the wreath. |
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| Edge | Lettered: Ornamental |
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Bavaria's elevation to a kingdom in January 1806 — a direct reward from Napoleon for military alliance — forced a rapid overhaul of the coinage system. The six kreuzer denomination was part of that reorganization, bridging the old South German reckoning of 60 kreuzer to the gulden with the new kingdom's need for a coherent fractional series. The billon standard, at just .333 fine, kept production costs low during a period when Bavarian finances were strained by repeated Napoleonic campaign obligations.
The type ran through 1825, the year Maximilian I Joseph died, meaning later dates in the run were struck in his final years of increasingly poor health.