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fwo_894965 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF BAVARIA - LUDWIG II 2 Mark 1876 Munich

GERMANY - KINGDOM OF BAVARIA - LUDWIG II 2 Mark 1876 Munich VF
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25.00 €(Approx. 27.00$ | 21.50£)
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Type : 2 Mark
Date: 1876
Mint name / Town : Munich
Quantity minted : 5370139
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,88 g.
Edge : striée
Coments on the condition:
Traces de nettoyage
Catalogue references :
AKS.195

Obverse

Obverse legend : LUDWIG II - KOENIG V.BAYERN.
Obverse description : Portrait à droite de Louis II ; lettre D.

Reverse

Reverse legend : DEUTSCHES REICH 1876 // * ZWEI MARK *.
Reverse description : Aigle bicéphale.

Historical background

GERMANY - KINGDOM OF BAVARIA - LUDWIG II

(03/10/1864-06/13/1886)

Louis II (25/08/1845-13/06/1886) is the eldest son of Maximilian II Joseph and Marie of Prussia. He succeeded his father in 1864. After Prussia, Bavaria was the most powerful state in the Reich. Unfortunately Louis II had supported his cousin François-Joseph Ier of Austria (1848-1916) against Guillaume Ier in the Austro-Prussian war of 1866. A close friend of Wagner, he spent money lavishly and had many castles built in fantastic architecture. A neuropath with an idealistic and enthusiastic temperament, the ministry decided to have a certificate of insanity drawn up and committed. Taken to Berg Castle, he drowned in the nearby lake, possibly while trying to escape.

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