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30 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Nuremberg, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1620-1637 |
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| Value | 30 Kreuzers (1/2) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Displayed double-headed imperial eagle, each head surmounted by a separate crown and both beneath a central third crown, rendered in fine detail with elaborately spread wings and tail feathers. An escutcheon bearing the Habsburg arms is superimposed on the eagle's breast. The surrounding circular Latin legend naming Emperor Ferdinand II runs within a beaded border along the entire periphery of the field. |
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Nuremberg's 30 Kreuzer pieces from this period fall squarely within the Kipper- und Wipperzeit — the catastrophic currency debasement crisis that swept the Holy Roman Empire beginning around 1619. Municipalities, princes, and ecclesiastical authorities alike raced to mint debased coinage, then pass it before confidence collapsed. Nuremberg, as a major commercial hub, was both a victim of and participant in this monetary chaos.
The Slg. Erlangen reference places this among a well-documented municipal series, though individual die marriages across the 1620–1637 span vary considerably.