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¾ Thaler - Ferdinand of Bayern
| Issuer | Bishopric of Münster |
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| Year | 1647 |
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| Value | ¾ Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | UND DAS WORT IST FLEISCH WORDEN . JOH AM · 1 |
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Ferdinand of Bavaria held the Bishopric of Münster from 1612 until his death in 1650, simultaneously accumulating five other episcopal sees — a concentration of ecclesiastical power that drew persistent criticism from reform-minded clergy and Protestant princes alike. The ¾ Thaler denomination itself was an awkward intermediate struck primarily for regional trade convenience, and issues from Münster in this fraction are scarce relative to full Thaler production from the same period.
1647 places this coin in the final months of the Thirty Years' War, with the Peace of Westphalia negotiations already underway in Osnabrück — less than 50 kilometers from the Münster mint.