1/2 Ducat - John George Klippe

Jägerndorf passed to the Hohenzollern margrave John George in 1606, making this klippe among the earliest issues of his administration in the Silesian duchy. The square-cut flan was a deliberate prestige format — klippes of this period were not intended for commercial circulation but served diplomatic and ceremonial functions, often presented as gifts or rewards. Production in this format required individual hand-cutting of the blank, which accounts for the variation in flan shape seen across surviving examples.

John George's tenure ended badly: his support for the Bohemian revolt led to his dispossession in 1621, and Jägerndorf was absorbed into Habsburg territory. Numismatic output from the duchy effectively ceased at that point, making the 1617 date close to the final years of independent coinage.