2 Pfennig

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.