Catalog
1 Heller ELE
| Issuer | Münster, Cathedral chapter of |
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| Value | 1 Heller = 1/2 Pfennig (1⁄576) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ELE I |
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The Cathedral Chapter of Münster operated as an independent issuing authority for small copper coinage well into the early modern period, a privilege jealously guarded against encroachment by both the Prince-Bishops and secular territorial lords. Heller denominations from ecclesiastical chapters are among the least-documented issues in Westphalian numismatics — Weingärtner's catalog remains the primary reference precisely because so few serious studies have addressed chapter coinage specifically.
KM#410 places this within a narrow window of chapter-authorized issues before Westphalian ecclesiastical minting rights were curtailed.