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.
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.