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1/4 Stüber - Clemens August
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Cologne |
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| Year | 1736-1760 |
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| Weight | 1.69 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin (cursive) |
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| Reverse description | Denomination expressed as '1/4' above 'STÜBER' in large block lettering at center, with the date 1745 below, all within a beaded inner border. The surrounding legend reading 'CHUR COLLN LAND MUNTZ' encircles the central device, identifying this as a territorial currency of the Electorate of Cologne. The legend is separated from the central design by a raised inner ring. |
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Clemens August of Bavaria held five ecclesiastical territories simultaneously — Cologne, Münster, Paderborn, Osnabrück, and the Grand Mastership of the Teutonic Order — making him one of the most powerful prince-bishops in 18th-century German history. This copper fraction served the working economy of his Cologne electorate during a reign defined more by extravagant court life at Augustusburg than by fiscal discipline. The Cologne archbishopric's small copper issues of this period are routinely underrepresented in collections despite a 24-year production window, partly because they circulated hard in urban markets and survived poorly.