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20 Kreuzers - Charles Eugen
| Issuer | Württemberg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1769 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1495-1802) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Charles Eugene's reign over Württemberg was defined less by fiscal prudence than by spectacular personal expenditure — the duke maintained one of the most extravagant courts in the Holy Roman Empire, funding it through forced loans, arbitrary taxation, and currency debasement. The 1769 date places this piece squarely in the period following the Erbvergleich of 1770, a constitutional settlement forced on Charles Eugene by the Estates after decades of conflict, though the financial damage was largely already done.
The .583 fineness reflects deliberate debasement relative to earlier Württemberg silver issues.