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3 Pfennig
| Issuer | Soest, City of |
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| Year | 1725-1739 |
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| Currency | Schilling |
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| Reverse description | The denomination is expressed in bold Roman numerals III occupying the upper central field, with the abbreviation PFER (for Pfennig) inscribed immediately below in smaller characters. The entire central device is enclosed within an open laurel or palm wreath tied at the base, with the wreath tips meeting at the top of the coin. A plain inner border separates the design from the smooth rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Soest had been a Hanseatic powerhouse in the medieval period, but by the early eighteenth century the city's autonomous minting rights were a bureaucratic remnant rather than a commercial necessity. These small copper issues served hyper-local exchange in a region where Prussian monetary authority was steadily encroaching on the prerogatives of lesser issuing bodies. Soest lost its independent coinage rights not long after this series ended.