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Denier
| Issuer | Bishopric of Chur |
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| Year | 1002-1026 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1002-1026) |
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The Bishopric of Chur received the right to strike coinage from Henry II in 1002, one of several grants the emperor made to ecclesiastical lords as a means of consolidating loyal authority across the Alpine passes — routes of enormous strategic and commercial importance to the Ottonian and early Salian court. Chur's position at the head of the Via Mala made episcopal control over local currency a matter of practical politics, not mere privilege.
Henry II canonized in 1146, the only German emperor ever to receive that distinction.