A stamping system for coke coal cakes produced in an edgewise manner comprising a stamping device having a stamp die, a coking furnace for receiving the coke coal cake and holding the cake in a flat-lying manner, the coke coal cake having a smaller cake height than a cake base surface, a tipping and holding device connected to the stamp die for positioning the coke coal cake along with the stamp die in the coking furnace, wherein the tipping and positioning device inserts cake and the die into the furnace, removes the cake from the die and places the cake on a furnace base.