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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 5305798, member: 89314&quot;]A Christmas present for [USER=77704]@panzerman[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>A while ago I posted a Julich 1621 Siege 12 Stüber on this thread. Here are some more Julich siege coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Germany&nbsp;&nbsp; JULICH&nbsp; Taler Siege Klippe 1610&nbsp; Uniface</p><p><br /></p><p>On the death of Duke Johann Wilhelm of Jülich-Cleve-Berg without an heir on&nbsp; 25 March 1609, there were many claimants including Brandenburg, Pfalz-Neuburg,&nbsp; Pfalz-Zweibrücken, Burgau, Saxony and Cleve-Nevers. Two, Elector Johann Sigismund of Brandenburg &amp;&nbsp; Johann Wilhelm of Pfalz- Neuburg, agreed on 10 June 1609 on a joint government as Princes in possession (Die Possidierenden Fürste)..The emperor refused to accept this and appointed his cousin Archduke Leopold, bishop of Passau, as administrator. Leopold reached Jülich on 23 July 1609. The Princes&#039; army, supported by contingents from France, England &amp; Holland, laid siege on 28 July 1610. During the siege&nbsp; Imperial commander von Reuschenberg struck coins from silver plate. The city surrendered on 1 Sept 1610.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1223784[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>JULICH&nbsp; 2 Stüber Siege Klippe 1621&nbsp; Uniface</p><p><br /></p><p>The rift between the Possidierenden Fürsten (the princes in possession) of Julich-Berg, Brandenburg and Pfalz-Neuburg, broke out openly in the spring of 1614, which allowed the States General of the United Provinces to occupy the fortress of Jülich . The commander Frederik Pithan had previously placed the fortress under their protection. However, in 1621 the conflict between the United Provinces and Spain&nbsp; flared up again after a 12 year armistice. General Ambrosius Spinola planned to attack the Dutch from the Jülich-Cleve territory. On 5 Sept. 1621, an army under Heinrich von dem Berg laid siege to Jülich. Commander Pithan minted emergency coins from silver crockery and old silver money to pay his troops. Without hope of relief, Jülich surrendered on 3 Feb. 1622.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1223796[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>JULICH&nbsp; 20 Stüber Siege Klippe 1621&nbsp; Uniface&nbsp; (Four 4 Stüber stamps and two 2 Stüber stamps)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1223800[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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