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1 Thaler - Frederick II Conventionsthaler
| Issuer | Württemberg, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1803 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#481, KR#16, Ebner#34, AKS#18, Thun#415, Dav GT III#935 |
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| Reverse description | A crowned oval cartouche bearing the two-fold arms of Württemberg, flanked symmetrically by two upright palm branches tied at the base. The shield is surmounted by an elaborate electoral bonnet crown. A two-line Latin inscription occupies the upper field, referencing the Conventionsthaler standard, with the four-digit date 1803 placed in the exergue below a straight dividing line. |
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| Reverse lettering | CUM DEO ET IURE AD NORM. CONV. // 1803 |
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Frederick II ruled Württemberg as Duke until Napoleon's reorganization of German territories under the Confederation of the Rhine elevated him to King in 1806 — making this 1803 piece one of the final issues struck under his ducal authority, just three years before that transformation. The Conventionstaler standard itself, established by the 1753 Munich Convention between Austria and Bavaria, was already being undermined by Napoleonic-era monetary disruption when this coin left the dies.
Württemberg's elevation came at a price: Frederick supplied troops to Napoleon's campaigns and ceded significant territorial autonomy in exchange for his crown.