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1 Pfennig - Frederick William of Westphalen
| Issuer | Paderborn, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1786 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crowned quartered coat of arms of the Bishopric of Paderborn, centrally positioned in the field, displaying the heraldic devices of the see and the personal arms of Prince-Bishop Frederick William of Westphalen. The shield is supported by ornamental mantling and surmounted by a bishop's crown. A circular Latin legend surrounds the entire device reading FRID. WILH. D. G. EP. HILD. ET. PAD. S. R. I. PR. C. PYRM, identifying the issuer as Friedrich Wilhelm, by the grace of God Bishop of Hildesheim and Paderborn, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Count of Pyrmont. |
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| Obverse lettering | FRID. WILH. D. G. EP. HILD. ET. PAD. S. R. I. PR. C. PYRM |
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Frederick William of Westphalen was the last Prince-Bishop of Paderborn, appointed in 1782 and swept from power when French Revolutionary forces dissolved the ecclesiastical principality in 1802. This 1786 issue falls squarely in the middle of his tenure, when the bishopric still functioned as an independent territorial authority within the Holy Roman Empire — a status that would survive less than two more decades.
Paderborn's copper small change of this period circulated alongside issues from a dozen neighboring ecclesiastical and secular states, all competing in the same regional economy.