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2 Schillings - Ferdinand of Bayern
| Issuer | Bishopric of Münster |
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| Year | 1648 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crowned four-fold coat of arms with central shield bearing the arms of Münster, surrounded by the titles of Ferdinand of Bavaria in a continuous Latin legend; the denomination numeral 14 appears at the base of the legend, indicating the coin's value as a 1/14 Thaler. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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1648 is the year the Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War, signed in Münster itself — the city where this coin was struck. Ferdinand of Bavaria served as Prince-Bishop of Münster from 1612 until his death in 1650, simultaneously holding the sees of Cologne, Liège, Hildesheim, and Paderborn, an accumulation of ecclesiastical power that made him one of the most politically significant churchmen in the Empire. The peace negotiations had been conducted partly under his roof for years.