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1/2 Gulden - Julius Frederick Kipper, Hirschgulden
| Issuer | Württemberg-Weiltingen, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1622 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1622 B |
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Julius Frederick's Kipper-era half gulden belongs to one of the most chaotic monetary episodes in German history. The Kipper- und Wipperzeit ("clippers and see-saws") of roughly 1618–1623 saw petty princes across the Empire racing to debase their coinage, pocketing the difference before neighbors caught on. Württemberg-Weiltingen was a minor Swabian line with limited resources and every incentive to participate aggressively.
The "Hirschgulden" designation — hirsch meaning stag — distinguishes this type within the Kipper flood of undifferentiated silver. That specificity made Ebner#7 identifiable at all.