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2 Ducats Siege coinage, Klippe
| Issuer | City of Frankenthal (under siege) |
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| Year | 1623 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Square klippe flan with a central beaded inner circle enclosing the triangular town arms of Frankenthal — a bold triangle pointing upward — flanked by the divided date 16-23, with the initial letter F positioned below in the field. A continuous circular legend in Latin characters surrounds the inner beaded border, reading GOTT • IST • VNSER • ECKSTEIN ('God is our cornerstone'), separated by decorative stops. No denomination is indicated on the design. The die-work is characteristic of emergency siege coinage, struck on a roughly trimmed square planchet with plain flat fields beyond the design circle. |
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| Obverse lettering | GOTT • IST • VNSER • ECKSTEIN |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, with no design, legend, or inscription, presenting a plain flat field consistent with the hastily produced nature of this emergency siege klippe coinage struck during the Spanish siege of Frankenthal in 1623. |
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