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.
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.