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6 Pfennig
| Issuer | Coesfeld, City of |
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| Year | 1609-1617 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | 1617 STADT COSVELT |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Coesfeld's copper small change from this period belongs to the broader wave of municipal Kipper und Wipper coinage that swept the Holy Roman Empire in the early seventeenth century, as city authorities debased and manipulated small-denomination copper issues to extract seigniorage from desperate populations. Westphalian towns like Coesfeld operated with considerable monetary autonomy in practice, even where imperial edicts nominally constrained them.
The eight-year emission window for this type suggests continuous restriking rather than a single authorization — common for municipal copper that wore out fast and was replaced in batches.