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24 Kreuzer - John Frederick Kipper
| Issuer | Württemberg, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1622 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1495-1802) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned, ornate oval coat of arms of the Duchy of Württemberg, displayed within an elaborate baroque cartouche with scrollwork and foliate ornaments. The quartered shield bears the distinctive Württemberg arms including the three stag antlers. The surrounding circular Latin legend reads ·15·MONT·DOM·IN·HEIDENHEM, referencing the lord of Heidenheim title. The overall composition is characteristic of early seventeenth-century German heraldic engraving. |
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Produced at the height of the Kipper- und Wipperzeit — the currency debasement crisis that swept the Holy Roman Empire between roughly 1618 and 1623 — this piece belongs to one of the most chaotic monetary episodes in German history. Territorial mints raced to produce debased coinage, meeting the letter of face value while gutting silver content, then spending the proceeds before neighboring states caught on. Württemberg was among the more aggressive participants.
The "Kipper" designation in the name is not decorative — it is a direct admission of the coin's origin in that crisis.