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Facing enthroned figure of Saint Paul rendered in Gothic style, depicted seated frontally on a throne with stylized drapery. A small shield bearing the arms of Münster is placed in the lower field beneath the figure. The legend, struck in Gothic lettering, runs along the coin's periphery identifying the apostle. The composition is characteristic of late 16th-century ecclesiastical coinage from the Westphalian region. |
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Central field displays the Gothic numeral XII enclosed within a beaded or linear inner circle. The surrounding ornamented margin features elaborate scrollwork and foliate decoration, with the date 1582 prominently placed at the top of the outer border. The overall design is typical of late 16th-century German ecclesiastical small coinage, with the denomination clearly emphasized as the primary reverse motif. |
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The Cathedral Chapter of Münster exercised independent coinage rights as a spiritual lordship distinct from the Prince-Bishopric itself — a jurisdictional split that produced competing local issues and occasional disputes over which authority's coins were legally tender within the city. The 1582 date falls during the immediate aftermath of the Cologne War, when the attempted conversion of Archbishop Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg to Protestantism destabilized the entire ecclesiastical structure of northwest Germany and put intense pressure on chapter revenues.
Copper issues of this type circulated as emergency small change rather than prestige coinage. Weiland's Westfälische Münzkunde catalogues this piece as scarce in any condition.