!!!Belagerungsmünzen

Belagerungsmuenzen (Siege Coins), substitute coins used in besieged 
towns to make up for a lack of regular coins. In most cases they were 
made of low-quality metal alloys. The so-called Notklippen (Klippe was 
the Austrian name for angular coins) which were used during the 1529 
Ottoman siege of Vienna were minted of gold and silver.


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