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Schilling Klippe, 11/2 schillings weight
| Issuer | City of Zürich |
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| Year | 1640 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1621-1651) |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, the crowned Spanish-style shield bearing the diagonally divided arms of Zürich (per bend sinister), surmounted by an ornate crown and flanked by a cross fleury extending behind the shield. The circular legend reads MONETA NOVA in Latin, separated by star ornaments, all contained within the square klippe flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | ★ MO NET A NO VA ★ |
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Zürich's klippe issues of the mid-seventeenth century were struck as presentation pieces and special emissions rather than everyday currency, their square-cut flans serving as a deliberate departure from the round coinage in simultaneous circulation. The 1640 date falls during a period when Swiss city-states jealously guarded their minting privileges, and Zürich was among the most prolific in exercising them. Winter Kl#24b distinguishes this piece by die variety within a small family of related strikings.