2 Ducats - Eberhard Louis

Eberhard Louis became Duke of Württemberg in 1693 at age nine, with his father Frederick Charles having died the previous year. The duchy was governed by a regency council through the early years of this issue's production, meaning these coins were struck under administrative authority rather than direct ducal command — a distinction that mattered enormously in the petty-state politics of the Holy Roman Empire.

By 1700, Württemberg was being pulled into the War of the Spanish Succession, and the financial pressures on the ducal treasury were acute. Gold issues of this period served diplomatic and contractual functions as much as monetary ones.