1 Gulden / 4 Kreuzer - Charles Alexander Siege Coinage

Struck inside the besieged city of Landau during the War of the Spanish Succession, this piece belongs to one of the most documented emergency coinages of early 18th-century Germany. Landau endured multiple sieges between 1702 and 1713 — this issue dates to the final one, conducted by Imperial forces under Charles Alexander of Württemberg, who would later govern the city. The garrison mint produced coinage from whatever silver was available inside the walls, including melted plate and church silver.

The dual denomination — 1 Gulden and 4 Kreuzer simultaneously — reflects the monetary chaos of a city cut off from normal commerce.