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30 Kreuzers - Eberhard Louis
| Issuer | Duchy of Württemberg |
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| Year | 1731-1733 |
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| Value | 30 Kreuzers (⅓) |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armored bust of Duke Eberhard Louis of Württemberg facing right, wearing elaborately engraved plate armor with a decorative gorget and flowing periwig. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the baroque style, with fine detail on the cuirass and lace cravat visible at the shoulder. A beaded inner border frames the design. The Latin legend encircles the bust: EBERH: LUD: D: G: DUX WURT: & T. |
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| Obverse lettering | EBERH: LUD: D: G: DUX WURT: & T. |
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Eberhard Louis spent much of his reign financing a court modeled aggressively on Versailles — his palace at Ludwigsburg consumed resources on a scale that repeatedly strained Württemberg's treasury. The 30 Kreuzer denomination issued in his final years coincided with chronic shortfalls; the duchy was effectively mortgaging future revenues to sustain present expenditure.
He died in 1733 without a legitimate heir, ending the Württemberg-Stuttgart line and triggering a succession dispute that brought Carl Alexander to power within months of the last of these pieces being struck.