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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silvereagle82, post: 285530, member: 1700&quot;]<img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f374/silvereagle82/IMG_0892_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f374/silvereagle82/NurnbergDucatKlippe-obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f374/silvereagle82/NurnbergDucatKlippe-rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Design Notes </p><p><br /></p><p>OBVERSE: Three shields of arms, dove above. The arms, parted per pale, display the Dexter half of the imperial eagle and Nuremburg&#039;s white and red bands (diagonal stripes). The initials below the shields, &quot;I.M.F&quot; are for , Johann Martin Forster, the city&#039;s mint master from 1755 until 1764. The date 1700 is in Chronogram&nbsp; ~ </p><p>REVERSE: A lamb, Paschal lamb - the emblem of gentleness, holding a banner inscribed PAX, standing on a globe. The legend surrounding in Latin &quot;TEMPORA NOSTRA PATER DONATA PACE CORONA&quot; - &quot;Father Crown Our Times With The Gift Of Peace&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>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 &quot;Klippe&quot; planchet varieties were struck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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