4 Pfennig - John Hugo of Orsbeck

John Hugo of Orsbeck governed the Archbishopric of Trier through an unusually turbulent stretch — Louis XIV's forces occupied Trier itself in 1688 during the Nine Years' War, effectively displacing the Archbishop's administration. Small silver pfennig issues from the later years of this reign may well have been struck under disrupted conditions or at secondary facilities, though the mint record for this specific type is not fully documented.