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1 Reichsthaler - Sede Vacante
| Issuer | Bishopric of Münster, Cathedral Chapter |
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| Year | 1761 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Detailed panoramic view of Münster Cathedral (St. Paulus Dom) occupying the central field, depicted in perspective with its Romanesque towers, nave, and surrounding ecclesiastical buildings rendered with fine engraving. Below the architectural view, a two-line inscription in the exergue reads EIN SPECIES / REICHS THALER. The surrounding circular Latin legend, separated by a rosette stop at the top and a pinecone device at the bottom, reads SEDE VACANTE ✦ CAPIT · CATH · ECCLESIA · MONASTERIENSIS, referencing the sede vacante period during which the Cathedral Chapter exercised authority. |
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Sede Vacante coins were struck by cathedral chapters during the vacancy between a bishop's death and the election of his successor — a period in which the chapter assumed governing authority and, crucially, the right to mint. Münster's 1761 vacancy followed the death of Clemens August of Bavaria, who had simultaneously held five northwestern German bishoprics. The scramble to fill his sees was a minor diplomatic event in itself.
These issues had a short production window by definition, which keeps surviving quantities low.