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1 Groschen - Theodore of Fürstenberg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Paderborn |
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| Year | 1615-1616 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | Imperial orb encircled by a plain ring, bearing the numeral 24 in the lower segment to denote the coin's value as a 1/24 Thaler, with the date divided by the top of the cross finial. The abbreviated legend of Emperor Matthias I as Holy Roman Emperor surrounds the central device, reading from the upper left in Latin characters. |
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| Reverse lettering | MAT(I)(AS). I. D. G. R(O). (I)(M). S. A(V)(U). |
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Theodore of Fürstenberg governed Paderborn through some of the most turbulent confessional politics in the Westphalian region, his episcopate defined by the aggressive re-Catholicization of territories that had drifted toward Lutheranism during the previous generation. This groschen was struck at the precise moment the Thirty Years' War was becoming unavoidable — three years before the Defenestration of Prague. The Schwede 40 d/b designation distinguishes this specific die pairing from the closely related variants catalogued under the same KM type, a distinction that matters for completeness collectors working through the Paderborn series.