v18_2442 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF BAVARIA - LUDWIG II 5 marks or 1877 Münich

GERMANY - KINGDOM OF BAVARIA - LUDWIG II 5 marks or 1877 Münich XF

MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 155.00 €
Estimate : 275.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 255.00 €

Type : 5 marks or

Date: 1877

Mint name / Town : Münich

Quantity minted : 635020

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,00 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire légèrement frotté. Bon centrage et un très bel exemplaire avec une faible usure. De nombreux détails restent visibles comme les poils de la barbe ou les mèches de la chevelure

Catalogue references :

WGC.506 - AKS.193 - F.3767

Obverse

Obverse legend : LUDWIG II - KŒNIG V. BAYERN.

Obverse description : Tête nue de Louis II à droite ; au-dessous D.

Obverse translation : (Louis II roi de Bavière).

Reverse

Reverse legend : DEUTSCHES - REICH 1877/ * 5 MARK *.

Reverse description : Aigle impériale couronnée, timbrée d'un écu orné d'une aigle, entouré du collier de l'ordre allemand.

Reverse translation : (Empire allemand).

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.

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

25.00 €

Full data