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1/8 Thaler Klippe, Peace of Westphalia
| Issuer | Nuremberg, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1650 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Nuremberg Mint |
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The Peace of Westphalia, concluded in 1648, ended the Thirty Years' War — a conflict that had reduced Nuremberg's population by roughly a third through plague, famine, and direct violence. Nuremberg itself had hosted the congress banquet in 1649, an elaborate celebratory feast attended by the principal negotiating parties, and struck a series of commemorative klippes specifically for that occasion and its aftermath.
The square klippe format was a deliberate prestige choice, not a production necessity — these were presentation pieces, not currency intended for the marketplace.