GERMAN STATES - HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (962-1806)
REIGN OF EMPEROR LEOPOLD I (1658-1705) - HOUSE OF HABSBURG
FREE IMPERIAL CITY OF NÜRNBERG (NUREMBERG)
1700 GOLD SQUARE ( KLIPPE ) HALF DUCAT COIN
CERTIFIED BY NGC ABOUT UNCIRCULATED 55
OBV: WITHIN CIRCLE CITY ARMS CROWNED WITH MURAL CROWN AND FLANKED BY PALM LEAVES, DATE FLANKING MINT OFFICIAL INITIALS BOTTOM; BEADED BORDER AND ORNAMENT IN CORNERS.
REV: PASCHAL LAMB (LAMB OF GOD OR AGNES DEI) WITHIN CIRCLE STANDING ON GLOBE AND HOLDING BANNER WITH THE LATIN LEGEND "PAX (PEACE)"; BEADED BORDER AND ORNAMENT IN CORNERS.
KM # 256
THE KLIPPE IS A SQUARE COIN MADE USING A SQUARE PLANCHET OR FLANS AND SQUARE OR ROUND DIES. THEY WERE PRODUCED USUALLY IN TIME OF NEED IN EMERGENCIES SUCH AS DURING A SEIGE OR ALSO AS PRESENTMENT PIECES.
CONTAINS 1.6 GRAMS OF .986 FINE GOLD (.05072 OZ AGW)
EACH SIDE OF SQUARE MEASURES 15 MM IN LENGTH
MINTMASTER GEORG FRIEDRICH NURNBERGER
