1/2 Gulden - Julius Frederick Kipper, Hirschgulden

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.