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1 Ducat Klippe, Silver pattern strike
| Issuer | Stuttgart, City of |
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| Year | 1740 |
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| Weight | 2.52 g |
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| Reverse description | A prancing horse rears on its hind legs in the center of the field, facing left, with a small foal standing beneath it to the lower left, referencing the Stuttgart civic arms and the city's name etymology. The figures are rendered in bold relief with fine detail in the mane and musculature. The circular legend WOHL GERATHENE IUGEND MACHT FREUDE runs along the outer border, split across the upper and lower portions of the square klippe, with FREU- / DE inscribed in two lines at the base of the field. A beaded inner border frames the design, consistent with the obverse treatment. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Klippe patterns of this type were produced in Stuttgart primarily as presentation pieces for court officials and guild masters, struck on square planchets cut from rolled silver sheet rather than drawn from the standard circular stock. The format itself signals intent: these were never meant to circulate. Whether this particular piece was struck for a specific occasion in 1740 — the year Charles Eugene became Duke of Württemberg at age fifteen — remains an open question, though the timing is suggestive.