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2 Schillings - Ferdinand of Bayern
| Issuer | Bishopric of Münster |
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| Year | 1640-1648 |
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| Value | 2 Schilling (1⁄14) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the elaborate quartered arms of Ferdinand of Bavaria, Prince-Bishop of Münster, incorporating the Wittelsbach lion and the Münster cross within a baroque-style escutcheon surmounted by a princely crown. A horizontal inner beaded border separates the shield from the outer legend. The denomination mark XIV appears at the base of the shield within a small cartouche. The encircling Latin legend reads FERD ELE CO EP MO BA DVX, identifying Ferdinand as Elector, Count, Bishop of Münster, and Duke of Bavaria. |
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| Obverse lettering | FERD ELE CO EP MO BA DVX 14 |
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Ferdinand of Bavaria held the Bishopric of Münster from 1612 until his death in 1650, accumulating ecclesiastical offices across the northwest — he simultaneously held Cologne, Hildesheim, Paderborn, and Liège at various points. The years 1640–1648 place this issue squarely within the final, grinding phase of the Thirty Years' War, when Westphalian territory was repeatedly crossed by armies and coinage quality across the region deteriorated sharply under the financial strain of sustained conflict.
The Peace of Westphalia, negotiated partly in Münster itself from 1644 onward, was concluded in 1648 — the closing year of this type's production run.