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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 7577138, member: 89314&quot;]COINS OF GUSTAV II ADOLF (1611-32): Part II&nbsp; Coins struck for Germany</p><p><br /></p><p>Gustavus Adolphus conquered large parts of Germany during the 30 Years&#039; War and coins were struck in his name in&nbsp; Augsburg, Erfurt, Fürth, Mainz, Nuremberg, Osnabrück, Wolgast and Würzburg, as well as Elbing, a city in East Prussia under Polish suzerainty. Here are a couple of examples: </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ELBING&nbsp;&nbsp; Gustavus Adolphus Taler 1632 </p><p>Elbing surrendered to Gustavus Adolphus in 1626. Under Swedish rule the city mainly struck debased minors but some higher grade gold and silver were issued such as this Taler.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306121[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1306122[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>NUREMBERG&nbsp; Gustavus Adolphus Taler 1632</p><p>Gustavus Adolphus captured Nuremberg in 1632 and struck splendid coins in gold and silver there (although the city&#039;s name is not mentioned on this coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306112[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1306113[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Swedes also had the idea of using their abundant copper mines to strike copper coins with a German denomination for their troops to use in Germany.&nbsp; However, the coins were not accepted by the Germans and the plan failed and the coins were largely melted down.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Gustavus Adolphus Copper Creutzer 1632&nbsp; Sater mint </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306110[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1306111[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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