20 Kreuzers - Charles Philip

Charles Philip relocated his court from Heidelberg to Mannheim in 1720 after refusing to return the Heidelberg Palatinate church to Protestant use — a condition the city had insisted upon. The coinage produced during this standoff reflects a ruler actively consolidating Catholic authority in the Rhineland, minting from a new capital still largely under construction.

KM#216 spans six years of issue, and die consistency across the series is uneven enough that attribution of individual pieces to specific years sometimes requires close examination of the numeral punches.