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Issuing authority

Electorate of Bavaria

Kind
principality
Region
Central Europe, Europe

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

13

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

13 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1627 – 1778

13 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

Half Taler from the Duchy of Bavaria of Elector Maximilian I, 1627

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Half Taler from the Duchy of Bavaria of Elector Maximilian I, 1627

1627

Silver coin. Obverse: within a mandorla, the Madonna and Child. Reverse: between date, crowned coat of arms held by two lions, draped with the collar and badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1152; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); tech…

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Partial type record

Duchy of Bavaria, ducat, Elector Maximilian I, 1642

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Duchy of Bavaria, ducat, Elector Maximilian I, 1642

1642

Gold coin. Obverse: elector kneeling on a small bench before the crowned Madonna and Child seated on a crescent moon. Reverse: between date, crowned coat of arms, surrounded by the collar and badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1153; its record gives mat…

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Duchy of Bavaria, 15 Kreuzer, Elector Maximilian Emanuel, 1702

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Duchy of Bavaria, 15 Kreuzer, Elector Maximilian Emanuel, 1702

1702

Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the Elector to the right. Reverse: crowned decorated coat of arms, below which value designation in Roman numerals. Around this, date. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1153A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (…

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Partial type record

Duchy of Bavaria, gold gulden, Elector Maximilian Emanuel, 1704

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Duchy of Bavaria, gold gulden, Elector Maximilian Emanuel, 1704

1704

Gold coin. Obverse: bust of the Elector facing right, beneath which a pine cone [=occupation of Augsburg]. Reverse: between date, crowned Madonna with child, sword, and globus cruciger, beneath which an ornate coat of arms. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-1914; its record gives…

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Partial type record

1/4 Gulden from the Duchy of Bavaria of Elector Maximilian Emanuel, 1713

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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1/4 Gulden from the Duchy of Bavaria of Elector Maximilian Emanuel, 1713

1713

Silver coin. Obverse: rampant lion facing left, in right paw a sword, left paw resting on the coat of arms. Reverse: crowned decorated coat of arms between date. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1153C; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (meta…

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Partial type record

Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria

1713

Obverse: bust of a man within an inscription. Reverse: crowned coat of arms surrounded by the Golden Fleece within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-1-2076; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 3.9 cm x wei…

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Partial type record

Austria, Braunau, emergency coin of 15 Kreuzer, 1743

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Austria, Braunau, emergency coin of 15 Kreuzer, 1743

1743

Lead square emergency coin. Obverse: between two tied branches, oval coat of arms of Saxony [= of the defender, the Bavarian commander of Saxe-Hildburghausen], above which a crown between the date. At the top place name Braunau, at the bottom between letters IM and VF value indication XV. Reverse: smooth. The Rijksm…

Documented

Partial type record

Fifteen kreuzer, emergency coin from Braunau, struck during the siege by the Austrians

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Fifteen kreuzer, emergency coin from Braunau, struck during the siege by the Austrians

1743

Single-sided, square emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms between year within a leaf wreath and inscription; below coat of arms: value indication. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-488; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique…

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Partial type record

Kreuzer, emergency coin from Braunau, struck during the siege by the Austrians

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Kreuzer, emergency coin from Braunau, struck during the siege by the Austrians

1743

Uniface, square emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms between year within wreath of foliage and legend; below coat of arms: indication of value. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-490; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); technique str…

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Partial type record

One-sixteenth thaler?, emergency coin from Braunau, struck during the siege by the Austrians

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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One-sixteenth thaler?, emergency coin from Braunau, struck during the siege by the Austrians

1743

Uniface, square emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms between year within wreath of foliage and legend. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-483; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements hei…

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Partial type record

Three kreuzer, emergency coin from Braunau, struck during the siege by the Austrians

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Three kreuzer, emergency coin from Braunau, struck during the siege by the Austrians

1743

Uniface, square pewter emergency coin with bevelled corners. Obverse: crowned coat of arms between year within wreath of foliage and legend; below coat of arms: indication of value. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-489; its record gives material recorded as tin (metal); techni…

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Partial type record

Taler from the Duchy of Bavaria of Elector Maximilian III Joseph, 1768

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Taler from the Duchy of Bavaria of Elector Maximilian III Joseph, 1768

1768

Silver coin. Obverse: bust of the elector facing right. Reverse: crowned coat of arms between date within two tied branches. Value indication: 10 eine fein marc at the bottom in circumscription. Floral edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1155A; its record gives material recorded as silver…

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Ducat from the Electorate of Bavaria, in the name of Elector Charles Theodore (1777-1799), 1778

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Ducat from the Electorate of Bavaria, in the name of Elector Charles Theodore (1777-1799), 1778

1778

Gold coin. Obverse: bust of the elector facing right. Reverse: crowned coat of arms within two tied branches. Date at the bottom in circumscription. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-1156; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measu…

Documented

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Dated entries by century

  • 17th century2
  • 18th century11

Only the 13 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Silver6
  • Zinc4
  • Gold3

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

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