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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3202319, member: 89314&quot;]Hope these coins are not too modern for this thread but here are two European siege issues struck in lead.</p><p><br /></p><p>BREDA&nbsp; Emergency uniface Siege Stuiver struck by the Spanish garrison besieged by the forces of William of Orange.&nbsp; The siege began on August 4 1577 and the city surrendered on October 4.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]829075[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Denmark CHRISTIANSTAD&nbsp; Emergency uniface 4 Skilling Siege Klippe struck by Danish commandant Hans Vilhelm von Meerheim in the name of King Christian V when Christianstad was besieged by the Swedes during the Scanian War. The siege began in August 1677 and the garrison finally surrendered on 5 Aug. 1678.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]829076[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>CHRISTIANSTAD&nbsp; von Meerheim also struck a uniface 2 Skilling in tin. More precisely, this coin is 78.0874 % tin, 18.853 % lead, 2.513 % oxygen and 0.56% carbon. I guess they were running out of lead.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]829073[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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