What is a "klippe"?

[satootoko]

While researching a 17th Century Thaler I came across the term "klippe"? Huh

[truthteller]

Klippe refers to european coins that are shaped in rectangular form and not circular. Usually minted by Germanic, Austrian or Austro-Hungarian mints during the 17th and early 18th centuries.

 

 

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[JamminJ]

Here's a photo of a 1/6 klippe thaler:

 

 

-JamminJ

[satootoko]

I knew this was the right place to ask.

 

Thanks guys.