Beleg van Gulik door Albrecht, aartshertog van Oostenrijk, noodmunt van twee stuiver, vervaardigd uit munt, bestempeld met het monogram van Frederik Pithaen Possibly 1621 - 1629

This small, octagonal silver coin, minted in the Netherlands between 1621 and 1629, commemorates the siege of the city of Gulik by Albrecht, Archduke of Austria, and is an example of a "noodmunt" or "emergency coin." These coins were often produced in times of crisis, such as war or famine, when regular coinage was in short supply. The coin features the monogram of Frederik Pithaen, the official responsible for its production, and bears the date "1621." Despite its small size, the coin stands as a testament to the turbulent history of the Netherlands during the Thirty Years' War.