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4 Pfennig ELE
| Issuer | Cathedral Chapter of Münster |
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| Year | ND (1706-1718) |
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| Weight | 1.4 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this coin has not been documented in available numismatic sources; no design elements, legends, or inscriptions can be confirmed for this side. |
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| Mintage | ND |
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The Cathedral Chapter of Münster exercised independent coinage rights as an ecclesiastical authority distinct from the Prince-Bishopric itself — a jurisdictional distinction that frequently produced administrative friction with secular mint officials throughout the early eighteenth century. This issue falls within the tenure of Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht, whose chapter coinage ran concurrently with bishopric issues, creating local circulation confusion that contemporaries complained about in Westphalian market records.
The "ELE" designation refers to the Elemosynarius, the chapter's almoner office, under whose fiscal authority small copper fractions were sometimes administered.