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1 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Nuremberg, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1623-1630 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Nuremberg Mint |
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Nuremberg's kreuzer issues of the 1620s fall squarely within the Kipper- und Wipperzeit aftermath — the catastrophic debasement crisis of 1618–1623 that saw scores of German mints flood the market with debased small coinage. Nuremberg, unusually, maintained stricter standards than most imperial cities during the worst years, which gave its subsequent silver issues a degree of credibility that neighboring mints had squandered.
The years 1623–1630 bracket the early Thirty Years' War period, during which Nuremberg's position as a major commercial hub made monetary reliability a civic priority as much as a financial one. The city would later host Gustavus Adolphus and his Swedish army in 1632.