6 Pfennig - John Adolph

John Adolph ruled Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda during a period of acute fiscal pressure across the small German territories, many still recovering economically from the Thirty Years' War's aftermath decades prior. Billon coinage at this weight was a common response by minor counts who lacked the silver reserves to strike respectable currency but needed fractional denominations in circulation. The county's monetary output was modest and intermittent, which is why individual issues are rarely encountered today.

Kennepohl's cataloguing of Bentheim coinage remains the authoritative reference for this series, and the 129a designation indicates a specific die variety within what is already a scarce type.