5 Kreuzer - Eberhard Louis

Eberhard Louis ruled Württemberg from 1693 until his death in 1733, spending much of his reign building the vast Ludwigsburg Palace complex and maintaining a court so extravagant it left the duchy chronically indebted. The final years of his coinage, including this issue, were struck against a backdrop of fiscal strain that had plagued Württemberg's estates for decades.

KR#72.1 suggests this is the primary variety under Krause-Ramstetter's classification, though Ebner documents at least minor die variations across the 1731–1733 run.