Objekt 8103
Obsidional Currency
Description
Stamped tableware as money
The «siege coins» of Frederick II of Denmark and Johannes von Reuschenberg, made from silver tableware and other precious metal objects, served as obsidional coinage to pay off hired mercenaries.
Object description
Denmark, Frederick II, ducat 1563, emergency square coin from the war against Sweden, 1563-1570
Gold, struck
Inv. 1918.2954. Amerbach-Kabinett
Jülich, emergency square coin of Johann of Reuschenberg issued during the siege of 1610
Silver, punched, chased and partly gilded
1918.954. Museum Faesch