Thaler struck at the Munich mint in 1810 under Maximilian I Joseph, the first King of Bavaria.
The coin emphasized Bavaria’s elevated position in Europe after the Napoleonic reorganization, symbolically presenting the monarch as ruling “for God and the people.”
Obverse: bust of Maximilian I Joseph facing right
MAXIMILIANUS IOSEPHUS BAVARIAE REX
Reverse: crossed regalia – sword and sceptre beneath the crown, date 1810 below
PRO DEO ET POPULO
Diameter 40 mm, weight 29.27 g
