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40 Kreuzer - Georg von Brandenburg Klippe, Siege currency
| Issuer | Bishopric of Strasbourg |
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| Year | 1592 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Plain, unworked square klippe reverse typical of hastily produced siege coinage, showing the flat hammered surface of the planchet with no die impression. The surface exhibits characteristic cracking and stress fractures consistent with the emergency hammered production technique employed during the siege of Strasbourg in 1592. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Georg von Brandenburg-Ansbach held the Bishopric of Strasbourg from 1484 until his death in 1543 — which creates an immediate problem with a 1592 date, as he was long dead by then. The coin almost certainly refers to the siege of Strasbourg's episcopal territories during the later conflicts of that decade, struck under the authority of his successor line, with Georg's name retained by tradition or political claim. Klippe coinage of this type was emergency production: square planchets cut from bar stock when round blanks weren't available, output prioritized over precision.