Klippe Coins

Posted by slang on July 27, 2009

KLIPPE COIN:Sweden Erik XIV (1560-1568), 16-Öre (Klipping), 1564

Klippe coins are square or diamond shaped coins minted on square flans. Generally they are issued under unusual situation like a city was under siege. An example is when such emergency coins were issued in Vienna in 1529, when the city was besieged by the troops of the Ottoman Empire.

However, some klippes were made as a regular issue, such as the many issues of the city of Salzburg in Austria, where klippe coin were made in silver and gold for many centuries.

PICTURES/IMAGES OF KLIPPE COINS:-

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