1 Conventionsthaler - Louis I Geschichtstaler; First steam railway
Features
| Issuer |
Kingdom of Bavaria
(German States)  |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis I (Ludwig I) (1825-1848)
|
| Type | Circulating commemorative coins |
| Year | 1835 |
| Value | 1 Conventionsthaler |
| Currency | Conventionsthaler (1806-1837) |
| Composition | Silver (.833) |
| Weight | 28.0599 g |
| Diameter | 37 mm |
| Thickness | 2.7 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 48849 |
| References | AKS# 135 Paul Arnold, Harald Küthmann, Dirk Steinhilber; 2022. Großer deutscher Münzkatalog: von 1800 bis heute = Great German Coin Catalog (37th Edition). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany. Kurt Jaeger. Die Münzprägungen der deutschen Staaten, 5. Heft (2 volumes). Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Johann Peter Beierlein. Die Medaillen und Münzen des Gesamthauses Wittelsbach. Straub, Munich, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). Helmut Kahnt. Deutsche Silbermünzen 1800-1872. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). Norbert Thun; 1979. Deutsche Taler, Doppelgulden, Doppeltaler von 1800-1871 = German Thalers, Double Guldens, Double Thalers from 1800-1871. Verlag Frankfurter Numismatik, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. John Stewart Davenport; 1949. German Talers since 1800. Spink & Son, Galesburg, Illinois, United States. Adolph E. Cahn (publisher); 1926. Sammlung Richard F. Peltzer: I. Freimaurermedaillen und Freimaurerzeichen; II. Schießmünzen und Schützenmedaillen, Jagdmünzen u. - Medaillen; III. Verkehr, Medaillen und Münzen auf Eisenbahnbauten, Schiffahrt, Brücken, Straßenbau etc. = Richard F. Peltzer Collection. Adolph E. Cahn, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. Auguste Moyaux; 1910. Catalogue des Médailles Commémoratives de Chemins de Fer de tous les Pays = Catalogue of Commemorative Medals of Railways of all Countries. Charles Dupriez, Brussels, Belgium. |
Commemorative issue
Construction of the first steam railway
Series: Geschichtstaler
Obverse
Head of king facing right. Name of the engraver below the neck.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LUDWIG I KŒNIG VON BAYERN
C.VOIGT
ZEHN EINE FEINE MARK
Engraver: Carl Friedrich Voigt
Reverse
Female figure reclining on winged wheel holding caduceus with wreath
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ERSTE EISENBAHN IN TEUTSCHLAND MIT DAMPFWAGEN
VON NÜRNBERG NACH FÜRTH
ERBAUT
1835
Edge
Milled
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Mint
Munich, Germany (1158-date)See also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 87
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Bullion value: USD 51.35
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Actual silver weight: 0.751 oz
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