GERMANY. Nürnberg (Stadt). Dukat Klippe 1650 (Silver, 21x20 mm, 2.90 g, 12 h), so-called 'Steckenreiter-Klippe', on the Peace of Westphalia, off-metal strike. NVRN. - FRIEDEN - GEDACHT - HVS.IN Boy riding a hobby horse holding stick in his right hand to left, 16-50. Rev. VIVAT / FERDINAND, / III. ROM. / IMP. / VIVAT in four lines; above, crowned double eagle. Dethlefs/Ordelheide 151. Erlanger 535. Pax in Nummis 157. Beautifully toned. Traces of mounting, otherwise, good very fine.


These famous klippes were issued as special festival and token coins for the city’s annual school and children’s celebrations. Their name derives from the so-called Steckenreiter ('stick riders' in german) - schoolboys who rode wooden hobby horses during the festivities, symbolically commemorating the return of peace after the Thirty Years’ War.