Catalog
2 Pfennig
| Issuer | Münster, Cathedral chapter of |
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| Year | 1591 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse lettering | SANCTVS. PA - VLVS. APOS (-) TO. |
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| Reverse lettering | BVRSA. DOMINORVM. Ao 1591 |
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The Cathedral Chapter of Münster operated as an independent ecclesiastical authority with the right to strike its own coinage, a privilege fiercely defended against encroachment by both the Prince-Bishops and secular competitors throughout the sixteenth century. By 1591, the chapter's small copper issues served the most basic transactional needs of the city's markets and clergy households — denominations too humble for the major mints to bother with consistently.
Weinberg's Westfalens listing at #27 places this among a narrow documented sequence, and MB#183 cross-references confirm attribution to the chapter rather than the episcopal mint proper.