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1 Thaler Peace of Nijmegen
| Issuer | City of Strasbourg |
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| Year | 1679 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a finely engraved scene of Noah's Ark riding turbulent waves, rendered in detailed relief with the large rectangular superstructure of the Ark prominently centered in the field. A dove carrying an olive branch flies above and to the left of the Ark, symbolizing divine peace, while clouds and rays fill the upper field. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central image, beginning with a fleur-de-lis ornament, and the whole design is framed by a toothed milled border consistent with the obverse. The allegorical imagery of the Ark directly parallels the city of Strasbourg (Argentina) preserved through divine assistance, as stated in the surrounding inscription. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Struck to commemorate the Peace of Nijmegen, the series of treaties concluded between 1678 and 1679 that ended the Franco-Dutch War, this thaler was issued at a moment of acute anxiety for Strasbourg. The city had remained a free imperial city throughout the conflict, but Louis XIV's policy of *réunions* — systematic legal annexation of border territories — was already closing in. Within two years of this coin's striking, French forces occupied Strasbourg in September 1681 without a shot fired, ending over a century of imperial municipal autonomy.
The peace this coin celebrates proved, for Strasbourg itself, to be no peace at all.