Seige and Emergency Coins
Lot 3722 SESSION 12 (11.30am Thursday) Seige and Emergency Coins
Estimate $150
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SOLD $190
GERMANY, Mainz (Mayence), (besieged by the Prussians, a French issue of General Doyre in 1793), 1 Sol, 2 Sols, 5 Sols 1793, (Mailliet LXXX,5,7,8; KM.601,602,603). Fine - very fine. (3)
Ex World Wide Coins, December 1983. In the Siege of Mainz (14 April-23 July 1793) a Coalition Allied Force (Prussia, Austria, and German States) besieged and captured the city of Mainz, Germany from the French forces. The Allies, especially the Prussians, first tried to take the city on the night to 17 June 1793. Since a relief army was missing, the war council was forced to take up negotiations with the allied forces on 17 July. On 23 July the remaining soldiers capitulated. Nearly 19,000 French troops surrendered at the end of the Siege, but were allowed to return to France if they promised not to fight against the Allies for one year.
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