Osnabrück's copper small change of this period circulated in a city still adjusting to its peculiar post-Westphalian status — the 1648 Peace had made Osnabrück a confessional anomaly, its bishopric alternating perpetually between Catholic and Protestant holders. Municipal coinage filled the gap where episcopal authority was contested and confidence in larger denominations thin.
Osnabrück's copper small change of this period circulated in a city still adjusting to its peculiar post-Westphalian status — the 1648 Peace had made Osnabrück a confessional anomaly, its bishopric alternating perpetually between Catholic and Protestant holders. Municipal coinage filled the gap where episcopal authority was contested and confidence in larger denominations thin.