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1 Groschen - Christopher of Bellinghausen
| Issuer | Abbey of Corvey |
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| Year | 1683 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Corvey, the Benedictine abbey on the Weser, held the status of an imperial abbey — answerable to the Emperor, not to any territorial prince — and its abbots exercised minting rights that stretched back to the Carolingian period. Christopher of Bellinghausen served as prince-abbot from 1678 to 1696, striking small silver coinage at a moment when the abbey's secular influence was already being squeezed by the ambitions of the neighboring Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn. The Ilisch/Schwede reference distinguishes this as die combination B/a, one of multiple pairings documented for the type.