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6 Pfennig
| Issuer | Warendorf, City of |
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| Year | 1574 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Roman numeral VI, denoting the six Pfennig denomination, is displayed prominently within a decorated square or lozenge frame. A beaded inner circle surrounds the central motif, itself encircled by an ornamental garland or wreath border that fills the field to the coin's edge. The spare, bold presentation of the numeral is typical of small German municipal copper coinage of the late sixteenth century. |
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Warendorf's copper small change of the 1574 issue belongs to a period when the city exercised municipal minting rights under the authority of the Prince-Bishopric of Münster. Local civic coinages of this denomination were primarily intended to fill the chronic shortage of low-value exchange currency that imperial and territorial mints consistently underprovided. The MB#9 reference places this among a documented but small series of Warendorf municipal issues.
Copper Pfennig-range pieces from Westphalian towns of this period circulated hard and rarely survived in collectible condition.