Bavaria 1857 gulden
This specimen was lot 24767 in Heritage sale 3015 (Long Beach, September 2011), where it sold for $1,380. The catalog description[1] noted, "Bavaria. Maximilian II Gulden 1857, Proof 66 PCGS, appealing blue and magenta toning, a gorgeous coin in all respects." This gulden is a slightly scarce date of a type struck 1848-64 tho no proofs are mentioned in the SCWC. Smaller than a U.S. half dollar, the gulden cannot be included with the thalers. One of the results of unification was the termination of separate coinages for each of the independent states, including Bavaria. No gulden were struck after 1871. Bavaria issued coins using the united empire standard in the denominations of 2, 5, 10 and 20 mark during 1871-1918 when the empire collapsed at the end of World War One. King Maximilian II ruled 1848-64.
Recorded mintage: 31,950 (scarcer date).
Specification: 10.6 g, 0.900 fine silver, .306 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 826 (previously KM 445).
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3015, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2011.
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