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1 Groschen - Theodore of Fürstenberg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Paderborn |
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| Year | 1592-1596 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1592 - (15)9Z - 1593 - (15)93 - 1594 - (15)94/Z - 1595 - (15)95/Z - 1596 - (15)96/Z - |
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Theodore of Fürstenberg's tenure as Prince-Bishop of Paderborn was defined by the grinding pressures of Counter-Reformation politics in Westphalia, where the diocese was perpetually contested between Catholic and Protestant factions. Small silver groschen of this type were the workhorses of local commerce in a region where coinage authority was fragmented among dozens of ecclesiastical and secular lords, each jealously guarding mint rights as a marker of jurisdictional independence.
The Weing Corvey reference ties this piece to the numismatic documentation of the broader Westphalian ecclesiastical coinage tradition — Corvey being the neighboring abbey whose issues overlapped in circulation with Paderborn's output throughout this decade.