1 Kreuzer - William I

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.