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6 Pfennig
| Issuer | Münster, City of |
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| Year | 1602 |
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| Value | 6 Pfennigs (6 Pfennige) (1⁄48) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Münster's copper small change of this period emerged directly from the chaos following the Kipper- und Wipperzeit's early rumblings — municipal authorities across Westphalia were increasingly forced to produce low-denomination fiduciary coinage as silver fled into hoarding. The city's right to strike such pieces rested on privileges dating to its role as a Hanseatic member, though that membership was already commercially fraying by 1602.
Weingärtner's Westfälische Münzgeschichte remains the standard reference for attributing these civic coppers, and the KM#305 assignment places this cleanly within Münster's documented municipal series.