Siege coin
Siege coins are emergency coins that were produced in besieged places in order to serve as a means of payment , mostly to pay the troops.
Siege coins were often imperfectly minted and often made of worthless material ( leather , cardboard , etc.) when there was a lack of metal .
During the siege of Jülich in 1610, fortress commander Johann von Reuschenberg zu Overbach stamped fragments of the silver tableware and issued them as 1 to 10 guilders . A similar procedure was followed during the siege of Kolberg in 1807 , where pieces of cardboard with the commandant's stamp as 2, 4 and 8 groschen were made.
See also
- Jülicher Notklippen , 1610 and 1621/22 as beleagerungsmünzen
- Leipzig Mint, mid-15th century until it was closed by Elector August, Leipzig siege cliffs of Elector Moritz in 1547
- Wittenberg Mint, Talerzeit, Siege Cliffs of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous 1547
- Gotha Mint, Talerzeit, Gotha Siege Cliffs 1567
literature
- August Brause: field, emergency and siege coins. 2 volumes. JA Stargardt, Berlin 1897–1903;
- Volume 1: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Transylvania, Moldova, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Poland, etc. 1897–1897;
- Volume 2: England, France, Holland, Italy, Spain. 1902-1903.
Web links
Commons : Siege coins - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Volker Ertel: Coinings on the occasion of sieges in the 16th century. In: coingallery.de. Retrieved October 26, 2010 .