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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1939929, member: 29751&quot;]I can&#039;t find much information about this particular issue so far.&nbsp; I did find reference to the coin / design in a 1765 work indexed on Google Books.&nbsp; I also found reference to the coin in a book of German proverbs/wisdom published in 1877.&nbsp; I will try to snap some photos of the coin with greater zoom, to bring out some of the amazing and small details soon.</p><p><br /></p><p>===================================</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>Schwäbische Merckwürdigkeiten, oder kleine Abhandlungen, Auszüge und vermischte Nachrichten von Schwäbischen Sachen: zum Dienst und Vergnügen hoher und niedriger, gelehrt- und ungelehrter Personen.</i> By Johann Jacob Moser, Ulm, 1765</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Page 408; item 277.</p><p>Square ducat.</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; The city of Stuttgart.&nbsp; Below, “Stuttgardia.”</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; A stud, with a foal, and the surrounding text “Well raised youth makes one happy”</p><p><br /></p><p>And a scan of page 408&nbsp; from the book (I added the yellow highlighting the coin in question):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb364/brg5658/Research/Klippe_description_Moser_1765_page408_highlighted_zps4dfc34e1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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