 BADEN. Ludwig I, 1808-1830. 5 Taler-500 Kreuzer, 1830. Bare head r. of liberal first Grand Duke. Rv. Crowned Arms in the Collar of the Order of the Zaehringen Lion. Fr.151, KM 196. Splendid cartwheel lustre drenches both sides of this one-year experiment in decimal coinage that also saw the striking of a Silver 1 Taler-100 Kreuzer. Ludwig I was a notably liberal ruler amid the reactionary times of post-Napoleonic Germany. Here is a jewel-like example equal in quality to Hammel:120. Brilliant Uncirculated or finer. (Est. $2,500-$3,000)
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