Sale: Triton X, Lot: 916. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Nürnberg (Stadt). Ferdinand III. Holy Roman Emperor, 1637-1657. AR 1/4 Taler Klippe (7.81 g, 12h). Dated 1650. IMPER : FERDINANDO • III • P : F : AUGUSTO •, coat of arms flanked by olive branch and palm frond; below: GEDACHTNVS / DES FRIEDEN / VOLLZIEHVNGS / SCHLVSS / IN NVRNBERG / 16 50 / 16 IVNII in seven lines; open rose in each corner / MAGNAS FERTE DEO GRATES PRO PACERE LATA, manus Dei holding laurel wreath above hands rising up from globe; open rose in each corner. Kellner 40; Schulman, Pax 154; Erlanger I 527. Superb EF, toned.

The Peace of Westphalia was officially signed in 1648, ending the Thirty Years’ War. However, by 1650, negotiations were still ongoing in an attempt to resolve some details of the treaty’s terms. In particular, the issues of war reparations and prisoner exchanges were unresolved. Nürnberg was the site of these negotiations, which were commemorated in a series of coins.