Skip to content

Issuing authority

Kingdom of Bavaria

South German kingdom with its own coinage and postal administration before and during the German Empire.

Kind
kingdom
Region
Central Europe, Europe
Recorded period
1806 – 1918

Became a state of the German Empire in 1871; monarchy ended 1918.

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

9

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

9 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1815 – 1866

9 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

1 Gold Gulden, Bavaria, Germany, 1815

National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

modern coins

1 Gold Gulden, Bavaria, Germany, 1815

1815

Museum specimen in the Smithsonian National Numismatic Collection (NU.68.159.3153), dated 1815, place made: Germany: Bavaria. Museum record — Object name in the museum record: coin. Materials: gold (overall material); overall:.07 cm x 2.03 cm; 1/32 in x 13/16 in.

Documented

Partial type record

Bavaria Thaler, Ludwig I

Berlin-George

modern coins

Bavaria Thaler, Ludwig I

1825-1848

The Bavaria Thaler of Ludwig I is a large silver coin issued by the Kingdom of Bavaria during the reign of King Ludwig I between 1825 and 1848. The issue includes a prominent and varied sequence of commemorative pieces commonly referred to as "history thalers," which celebrated historical occasions, prominent person…

Documented

Partial type record

1 Rhine Gold Ducat, Bavaria, Germany, 1830

National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

modern coins

1 Rhine Gold Ducat, Bavaria, Germany, 1830

1830

Museum specimen in the Smithsonian National Numismatic Collection (NU.68.159.3156), dated 1830, place made: Germany: Bavaria. Museum record — Object name in the museum record: coin. Materials: gold (overall material); overall:.06 cm x 2.07 cm; 1/32 in x 13/16 in.

Documented

Partial type record

Double commemorative taler / Gedenkdoppeltaler from the Kingdom of Bavaria of Ludwig I, 1841

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Double commemorative taler / Gedenkdoppeltaler from the Kingdom of Bavaria of Ludwig I, 1841

1841

Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the king facing right. Reverse: statue of J.P.F. Richter. Double circumscription, including date. Edge inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1171A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diam…

Documented

Partial type record

Kingdom of Bavaria, gulden, Ludwig I, 1841

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Kingdom of Bavaria, gulden, Ludwig I, 1841

1841

Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the king facing right. Reverse: within two tied oak branches, value indication in two lines, below which date. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1172; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measuremen…

Documented

Partial type record

Commemorative double gulden from the Kingdom of Bavaria of Maximilian II, 1855

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Commemorative double gulden from the Kingdom of Bavaria of Maximilian II, 1855

1855

Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the king facing right. Reverse: statue of the Madonna with Child standing on a crescent moon, with sword and globus cruciger. Double circumscription, containing date. Edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1175; its record gives material recorded as si…

Documented

Partial type record

Kingdom of Bavaria, vereinsthaler, Maximilian II, 1860

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Kingdom of Bavaria, vereinsthaler, Maximilian II, 1860

1860

Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the king facing right. Reverse: crowned coat of arms supported by two crowned lions. Value indication: Ein Vereinsthaler in circumscription, date at the bottom. Edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1176A; its record gives material recorded as silver…

Documented

Partial type record

½ Gulden from the Kingdom of Bavaria of Maximilian II, 1863

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

½ Gulden from the Kingdom of Bavaria of Maximilian II, 1863

1863

Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the king facing right. Reverse: within two tied oak branches, value indication in two lines, below which date. Milled edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1178A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measureme…

Documented

Partial type record

Vereinstaler from the Kingdom of Bavaria of Ludwig II, 1866

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

modern coins

Vereinstaler from the Kingdom of Bavaria of Ludwig II, 1866

1866

Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the king facing right. Reverse: crowned coat of arms supported by two crowned lions. Value indication in circumscription, date at the bottom. Edge lettering. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1178B; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique…

Documented

Partial type record

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Silver6
  • Gold2

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

Browse other historical issuers and makers in the Atlas, or read how attributions are made in the editorial method.