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1 Kreuzer - William I
| Issuer | Württemberg, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1818 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | W |
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| Reverse lettering | I / KREUZER / 1818 KOENIGL:WURT:SCHEIDE MUNZ |
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Württemberg's 1818 coinage reform followed the kingdom's formal constitution of the same year — one of the more liberal documents produced by a German state in the immediate post-Napoleonic settlement. William I used the moment to rationalize a currency system that had been a patchwork of local issues, guild tolerances, and Rhenish conventions. The billon kreuzer was the workhorse of that new order, struck in quantities sufficient to reach the smallest market transactions in a largely agricultural economy.
The two Jaeger sub-varieties (29a and 29b) reflect die differences documented early in the run, likely tied to the transition between engravers at the Stuttgart mint.