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20 Kreuzers - Georg von Brandenburg Klippe, Siege currency
| Issuer | Bishopric of Strasbourg |
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| Year | 1592 |
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| Weight | 6.92 g |
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| Obverse description | Square klippe flan oriented as a diamond, displaying a central arrangement of three heraldic shields grouped in trefoil fashion. The upper shield bears the arms of the Bishopric of Strasbourg, flanked by the year 1592 split across the upper field with '15' to the left and '92' to the right. The lower-left shield displays the arms of the Brandenburg-Ansbach line of the Hohenzollern family, while the lower-right shield bears a separate heraldic device. The denomination '20' appears in the lower field beneath the grouped shields, and the entire design is enclosed within a beaded or rope-style inner border following the square outline of the flan. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Georg von Brandenburg-Ansbach served as administrator of the Bishopric of Strasbourg from 1506, part of the Hohenzollern family's strategy of placing younger sons into ecclesiastical positions across the Empire. The Bishopric itself was perpetually contested territory — caught between the ambitions of the French crown, the Swiss Confederacy, and various Protestant factions throughout the sixteenth century.
Klippe issues of this type were struck as emergency square-cut pieces when round planchet production was impractical under siege conditions, the irregular geometry a direct artifact of expedient hand-cutting rather than the roller or screw press.