1/4 Thaler Klippe, Elisabeth Krauss

Elisabeth Krauss served as Nuremberg's mint master from 1782 until the city lost its independence to Bavaria in 1806, one of the very few women to hold such a position in the Holy Roman Empire. The klippe format — struck on a square planchet rather than a round one — was by this date largely reserved for presentation pieces and admission medals, not everyday currency. This piece almost certainly functioned as a Meisterstück or guild presentation strike rather than a circulating coin.