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1 Gröschel - Louis the Pious
| Issuer | Württemberg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1593 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The shield of the Duchy of Teck, displaying the characteristic chequered or quartered arms, superimposed at the centre of a long cross that extends to the coin's inner border, dividing the field into four quarters. A cartouche at the base of the cross contains the value indicator '37-1/2', denoting the denomination's relationship to the Gulden. The date appears at the conclusion of the circumferential Latin legend, which reads MO. NO. - STVT - GAR, identifying this as a new money (moneta nova) struck at Stuttgart for the Württemberg territory. |
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Louis the Pious inherited Württemberg in 1568 following his father Christoph's death, and his reign coincided with chronic small-change shortages across the southwestern German territories — the same pressures that drove dozens of minor Swabian authorities to strike billon fractions of questionable fineness. The Gröschel, a debased descendant of the Groschen, was precisely the sort of coin minted to satisfy local demand while minimally depleting silver reserves.
Louis died in 1593, the same year this piece was struck.