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10 Kreuzers - Frederick I
| Issuer | Württemberg, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1812 |
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| Value | 10 Kreuzers (1⁄12) |
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| Reverse description | The quartered royal arms of Württemberg, displaying three passant lions in the upper left and lower right quarters and three stag antlers in the upper right and lower left quarters, set within an ornate crowned oval shield. The shield is flanked symmetrically by two crossed palm or laurel branches. The circular legend NACH DEM CONV. FUSS appears around the upper portion of the design. The denomination 10 is inscribed in the lower exergue, with the date 1812 split across the lower field on either side of the shield base. |
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| Mintage | 1812 ILW - - 26,000 |
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Frederick I of Württemberg had been elevated from Duke to Elector in 1803 and then to King in 1806 — the latter title a direct gift from Napoleon, whose Confederation of the Rhine needed compliant German monarchs. The 1812 coinage was struck as the Grande Armée was marching east; Württemberg contributed roughly 16,000 troops to that campaign, fewer than 2,000 of whom returned.
The .500 fineness reflects a deliberate reduction from earlier Württemberg silver standards, part of a broader rationalization of German coinage following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire.