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4 Pfennig - Francis of Waldeck
| Issuer | Bishopric of Münster |
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| Year | 1539 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | FRANC. D. G. CONFIR`. EC`. MON. |
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| Mintage | 1539: ND (1539) |
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Franz von Waldeck governed the Bishopric of Münster in the immediate aftermath of the Anabaptist kingdom — the radical theocratic commune that had seized the city in 1534 and held it until a brutal siege ended in mass executions in 1535. The small silver issues of his reign were struck into a city still physically and economically shattered. This piece belongs to the early phase of monetary reconstruction under a bishop who had personally directed the reconquest.