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3 Schilling
| Issuer | Münster, Cathedral chapter of |
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| Year | 1603-1633 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 1633 SIII |
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The Cathedral Chapter of Münster issued copper schillings during one of the most destructive periods in German history — the Thirty Years' War consumed the region from 1618, and emergency coinage from ecclesiastical authorities became a practical necessity as silver supplies were disrupted and civic institutions collapsed or fled. Chapter-struck copper issues of this type were inherently local instruments, rarely traveling far from the city and frequently withdrawn once stability returned, which partly explains survival in any condition.
Weingärtner's Westfalen references 4–6 document at least three distinct die varieties across the 1603–1633 span.