1/2 Kreuzer - Charles II Louis Frederick

Baden's coinage underwent significant reorganization following the Confederation of the Rhine period, and this 1814 issue appeared just as the Napoleonic political order that had elevated Baden to a Grand Duchy was collapsing entirely. Charles (Karl) II Ludwig Friedrich had ruled since 1811 and found himself navigating the Congress of Vienna's redrawing of German boundaries while maintaining the monetary infrastructure of a newly enlarged state. The copper fractions were a practical necessity for a territory whose population had roughly doubled through Napoleonic-era territorial grants.

The Jaeger 2 FH#16a reference denotes a die variant distinguished within the FH (Freiburger Historiker) cataloguing system — worth cross-checking against AKS#41 before attributing.