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1 Thaler Peace of Ryswick
| Issuer | Nuremberg, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1698 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Panoramic bird's-eye view of the city of Nuremberg rendered in fine engraved detail, showing the walled cityscape with numerous church spires, towers, and rooftops stretching across the middle ground, with figures and a river or moat in the foreground. Above the city view, a radiant sunburst emanates from a central oval cartouche bearing the Hebrew Tetragrammaton (יהוה), symbolizing divine providence. Below the city view, a three-line Latin inscription in the exergue reads MONETA REIPUB: NORIMBERGEN- SIS 1698. |
| Reverse script | Latin/Hebrew |
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Struck to commemorate the Peace of Ryswick signed in September 1697, which ended the Nine Years' War and forced Louis XIV to relinquish most of the territories France had seized since 1678. Nuremberg, as a free imperial city with its own minting authority, issued commemorative thalers for major political events with some regularity — this piece belongs to that tradition of civic self-promotion through coinage.
The treaty itself was negotiated at Het Huis ter Nieuburch near the Hague, with France recognizing William III as King of England for the first time.