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8 Pfennig
| Issuer | Coesfeld, City of |
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| Year | 1609-1713 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | The city arms of Coesfeld — a forward-facing bull's head displayed on a plain shield — occupy the central field, enclosed within a raised inner circle. The heraldic device is rendered in low relief typical of early German municipal coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the inner circle, reading the date and city name. The overall composition is characteristic of Westphalian civic copper issues of the early 18th century. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Coesfeld's copper pfennig issues of this period circulated during a stretch that included the Thirty Years' War, which devastated Westphalian towns through the 1620s and 1630s and created chronic shortages of small-denomination coinage across the region. Municipal authorities across the Holy Roman Empire frequently filled that gap with locally-struck copper, often with little imperial oversight. The century-plus date range on KM#9 suggests either a very long production run with minimal design change or retroactive cataloging of pieces struck across multiple municipal administrations.