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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4623993, member: 102103&quot;]Day 114:&nbsp; Bavaria, 10 Kreuzer, 1768, Maximilian III Joseph</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob:&nbsp; D.G.MAX.IOS.U B &amp; P.&nbsp;&nbsp; S.D.C.P.R.S.R.I.A.&amp; ELL.</p><p>&quot;Dei Gratia Maximilianus Iosephus Utriusque Bavariae et Palatinus Superioris Dux, Comes Palatinus Rheni, Sacri Romani Imperii, Archdapifer et Elector Landgrafius Leuchtenbergii&quot;&nbsp; (translation from <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19272.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19272.html" rel="nofollow">Numista</a>)</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; IN DEO&nbsp; CONSILIUM&nbsp; 1768&nbsp; 10 [kreuzer]&nbsp; </p><p>&quot;In God&#039;s Plan&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144551[/ATTACH]</p><p>The portrait is very worn, so I had to remove it from the holder to get any detail at </p><p>all.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the &quot;before&quot; picture:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144552[/ATTACH] </p><p>Fortunately the lettering at least is all readable.&nbsp; Maximilian Joesph certainly had a lot of titles!&nbsp; He died shortly after riding past a clock tower, which broke and rang</p><p>77 times.&nbsp; He figured it was a portent of his impending death.&nbsp; A few days later, </p><p>he contracted a virulent strain of smallpox and died.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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