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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3664895, member: 89314&quot;]Germany&nbsp; City of MAGDEBURG&nbsp; Siege Groschen 1629</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse inscription reads NECESSI:CARET. LEGE&nbsp; (necessity is without law), presumably referring to the fact that the coin is underweight (only 0.99 g). </p><p><br /></p><p>Protestant Magdeburg&#039;s siege problems were not over after 1551.&nbsp; During the Thirty Years&#039; War , Emperor Ferdinand II issued the so-called Restitutionsedikt on March 6, 1629 under which the archbishopric of Magdeburg (and other bishoprics) were to be returned to the Catholics .&nbsp; The city resisted and&nbsp; failed to pay a levy of 150,000 talers .&nbsp; The Catholic general Wallenstein laid siege but his armies withdrew after about 6 months due partly to sickness and bad weather,&nbsp; In 1630&nbsp; Swedish soldiers arrived to support Magdeburg.&nbsp; However, in March 1631 Magdeburg was besieged again by imperial troops and sacked in May. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]985494[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]985495[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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