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1/4 Thaler Klippe, Peace of Westphalia
| Issuer | Nuremberg, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1650 |
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| Currency | Reichsguldiner (1620-1753) |
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| Obverse description | City arms of Nuremberg displayed on a crowned and draped shield, flanked by branches of laurel and palm. A seven-line inscription appears below the shield, incorporating the date 1650. The composition is arranged within the square klippe flan, with the decorative foliate branches framing the heraldic device in a symmetrical, Baroque manner. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Nuremberg issued this klippe to commemorate the formal conclusion of the Thirty Years' War, one of the most destructive conflicts in European history before the twentieth century — an estimated eight million dead across the continent. The Peace of Westphalia was signed in 1648, but Nuremberg hosted the Execution Congress that ran until 1650, tasked with demobilizing the armies and settling final territorial disputes. The city was therefore a principal venue for the war's actual end, not merely its diplomatic one.
The square flan itself signals commemorative intent. Kellner 344 is struck on a planchet cut to klippe form specifically for presentation purposes.