1 Ducat

Nuremberg's municipal ducats of this decade were struck against the backdrop of the Thirty Years' War, during which the city endured a catastrophic siege by Imperial and Bavarian forces in 1632. The suffering was severe enough that Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden personally oversaw the relief effort — unsuccessfully. Plague and famine killed more soldiers outside the walls than combat did inside them.

The city retained minting rights as a Free Imperial City and continued producing gold coinage even as the war guttered on around it. KM#136 spans a full decade of production, suggesting the dies were reused extensively rather than retired annually.