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1/4 Carolin - Eberhard Louis
| Issuer | Württemberg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1731-1733 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Württemberg coat of arms, featuring the three antlers on a quartered shield, is centrally displayed and surmounted by a ducal crown. The shield is encircled by the elaborately rendered collar and chain of the Order of the Garter, with ornamental cartouche work in the Baroque style flanking the arms on both sides. The mint date is split and placed at the bottom of the design beneath the order chain, separated by floral ornaments. The legend CUM DEO appears to the upper left and ET DIE to the upper right of the crowned arms. |
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Eberhard Louis spent lavishly constructing Ludwigsburg Palace and maintaining one of the most expensive courts in the Holy Roman Empire, and his treasury felt it. The Carolin itself was introduced as a South German gold trade coin in 1726 under Karl VI's imperial monetary ordinance, intended to regularize the chaotic fragmentation of gold coinage across the German states. Württemberg's fractional issues — including this quarter piece — served the immediate demands of court finance as much as any broader monetary policy.
Eberhard Louis died in 1733 with no legitimate heir, ending the main ducal line and triggering a succession that brought the Catholic Duchy of Montbéliard branch to power.