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News from across the border had begun to grow worse with the passage of time. The year 1830 never failed to bring new surprises to the royal dynasties of Europe. Before the cannonades of a rebellious France quieted down, the bloody July Revolution broke the Bourbon throne and forced King Charles X to flee the country. In pursuit, the fires of rebellion flared in Brussels as well as in the southern province of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The separatists, which consisted of students and working class men and women, demanded the independence of Belgium as a separate Kingdom. This alarming societal turbulence came to arise as well in Switzerland and Italy.
“Even Poland, even Poland breaking from the Russian Empire! There is way too much blood flowing from this world,” lamented King Ludwig as he grimly watched on from the window into the depths of a thick Bavarian night. He could not help but sense the wraith impending doom hanging overhead, bearing down on his beloved Bavaria, his sacred Germany. “Damn these Romantics; who do these students think they are? They are students, revolutionaries, but mere children! They do not know what they bargain for when they look for such unknown changes!”
“O God, deliver and save my beloved Bavaria! Who needs this constitutional monarchy? If the King understands how to wield his people to the purest extent, there is no use for a Parliament! They would only deliberate endlessly about the King’s firm decisions! No. Only the King must hold the reins of his kingdom aloft, through the grace of God Himself!”
All of a sudden, the King’s thoughts took an entirely new direction. “I must give back to my subjects, and show them the meaning of their righteous King! In all the months of this revolutionary year, not a single spark of discontent appeared within the walls of my Kingdom. Surely they must love their life, their land, their leader! Alas, my heart burns to somehow reflect your unceasing devotion and humility! I shall resolve to introduce a new holiday, to be called the “Day of Kingly Loyalty” and to overflow with festivity and cheer!”
And instantly, an idea gleamed within the eyes of the righteous monarch: “Or better yet - I will bestow to each and every one of my beloved Bavarian subjects a special Taler - it will sing 'TO LOYALTY’! Surely the Goddess of Loyalty and Devotion, Eusebia, belongs within the coin’s shining embrace. She shall be seated with an oak branch in hand, held aloft, as the symbol for Germany… A hound will rest at her feet, as yet another incarnation of pure devotion and loyalty to the one and only cause!” Hurriedly, the King flew to his writing desk and began to order the commission of an entirely new Bavarian coin.
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King Ludwig was indeed correct - the year 1830 proved to be exceedingly tranquil for his beloved Bavaria, as for the entirety of Germany. At that point he had no clue as to the impending thunder of the year 1844, when Bavaria would flare into the winds of revolt as seen in the “Beer Riot”; this thunder would eventually culminate with the bloody Revolution of 1848 and his royal abdication. But this chapter of the story yet remains to be told!
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German Talers since 1800 by John S. Davenport
Bavaria, King Ludwig Series (1825 - 1848).
Taler 1830, LOYALTY.
Davenport 566, KM 750, Thun 58, AKS 125, J.40.
Commemorative - for the faithfulness of Bavarians to the King.
Obverse: Head fo Ludwig to the right, LUDWIG I KOENIG VON BAYERN. ZEHN EINE FEINE MARK
Reverse: BAYERNS TREUE (Faithfulnes of Bavarians), seated femail with oak branch and dog. 1830 below.
PCGS MS 64.
28.0600 g., 0.83300 Silver, 0.7515 oz. ASW.
Dul luster, spotty toning, uncirculated.