Owner Comments:
1700-IMF 1 Ducat "Klippe" - Design: OBVERSE: Three shields of arms, dove above. The arms, parted per pale, display the Dexter half of the imperial eagle and Nuremburg's white and red bands (diagonal stripes). The initials below the shields, "I.M.F" are for , Johann Martin Forster, the city's mint master from 1755 until 1764. The date 1700 is in Chronogram ~ REVERSE: A lamb, Paschal lamb - the emblem of gentleness, holding a banner inscribed PAX, standing on a globe. The legend surrounding in Latin "TEMPORA NOSTRA PATER DONATA PACE CORONA" - "Father Crown Our Times With The Gift Of Peace".
Mint: Nurnberg
Mintage: ??
References: KM# 258 / Fr.1886
Specifications: mm / 3.5000 g. @ .9860 Gold = .1109 oz AGW
Acquired: November 2006
Notes:
- These coins were original struck in 1700 to greet the new century. This coin was restruck sometimes in 1755-64.
- This coin design expressed the hope that the new century would be less warlike than the previous hundred years.
- These coins were struck in values ranging from 3 ducats to 1/32 of a ducat.
- Both round and square "Klippe" planchet varieties were struck