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2 Pfennigs - Ulrich VI von Mont
| Issuer | Bishopric of Chur |
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| Year | 1661-1692 |
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| Value | 2 Pfennigs (2 Pfennige) (1⁄180) |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 |
| Reverse description | Plain, featureless field with a slightly convex flan surface exhibiting the irregular texture typical of hammered billon coinage. No inscriptions, devices, or decorative elements are present. The surface shows the characteristic die-struck irregularities and metal flow patterns consistent with mid-to-late seventeenth-century ecclesiastical minor coinage. |
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Ulrich VI von Mont served as Prince-Bishop of Chur from 1661 until his death in 1692, presiding over a diocese that occupied a strategically awkward position between the Swiss Confederacy and Habsburg territorial ambitions. The Bishopric retained its own minting rights throughout this period, though output was modest and these small billon pieces circulated primarily within the Graubünden valleys rather than any broader regional economy.
At 0.20 g, production tolerances would have been nearly impossible to hold consistently, and survivors show considerable variation in flan preparation.