Silver thaler of Ludwig I, Bavaria (Munich (Germany)), 1835. 1934.999.922

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1934.999.922

Physical Description

  • Axis: 12

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 27.94
    • Diameter (in mm): 38

Typological Description

  • Object Type: Coin
  • Date: 1835

  • Date on Object

    • Date: 1835
  • Denomination: thaler
  • Material: Silver

  • Authority

  • Geographic

  • Obverse

    • Legend: LUDWIG I KOENIG VON BAYERN/ ZEHN EINE FEINE MARK
    • Type: Head to r.

  • Reverse

    • Legend: ERSTE EISENBAHN IN TEUTSCHLAND MIT DAMPFWAGEN/ VON NÜRNBERG NACH FÜRTH (="First Steamtrain in Germany from Nuremberg to Furth")/ in exergue: ERBAUT (="Built")/ 1835
    • Type: Reclining allegorical female figure.

  • Edge

    • Description: reeded

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 1934.999.922
  • Department: Modern
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Purchased July 1934.

Subjects

Notes

  • Ludwig I rules as KIng of Bavaria from 1825-1848.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Public Domain Mark (images)
  • Rights: No Copyright - United States

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