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2 Pfennig - Maximilian of Horrich
| Issuer | Corvey, Abbey of |
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| Year | 1715-1717 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#127 |
| Obverse description | Crowned oval shield bearing a quartered coat of arms, superimposed on crossed sword and crozier in saltire, symbolising the abbey's secular and ecclesiastical authority. The shield is centrally positioned in the field, with the crozier and sword extending beyond its borders. A circular legend in Latin surrounds the central device, abbreviating the abbot's name and titles. |
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| Obverse lettering | MAXIMIL:-D.G.A(BBAS) (C.S.R.I.P.) |
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Corvey Abbey's temporal coinage authority was a perennial source of friction with neighboring secular powers, and by the early eighteenth century the abbacy's right to strike copper small change was increasingly contested. The 2 Pfennig issues of Maximilian of Horrich — who served as prince-abbot from 1714 until his death in 1721 — fall within a period when many ecclesiastical mints in the Holy Roman Empire were producing copper fractions largely to assert jurisdiction rather than meet genuine monetary demand.
KM#127 is poorly documented in contemporary mint records, and surviving examples are scarce enough that die varieties have not been systematically catalogued.