Issuing authority
Prince-Bishopric of Münster
- Kind
- principality
- Region
- Central Europe, Europe
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
9
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
9 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1660 – 1790
9 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (9)
Filter these entries by era, material or confidenceSorted by date, earliest first.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Taler, emergency coin from Münster, struck during the siege by Christoph Bernhard von Galen, to pay the mercenaries defending the city
1660
Single-sided, diamond-shaped emergency coin. Obverse: in a round stamp: coat of arms in an ornamented cartouche within an inscription. Reverse: blank. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-4-339; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements he…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Bishopric of Münster, Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg, 12 Mariengroschen, 1693
1693
Silver coin. Obverse: decorated composite coat of arms on a crozier and a sword, surmounted by a crown. Reverse: indication of value in three lines, below which the year. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0314A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique strik…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Bishopric of Münster, Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg, 24 Mariengroschen, 1694
1694
Silver coin. Obverse: decorated composite coat of arms on an episcopal crosier and a sword, surmounted by a crown. Reverse: value designation in three lines, below which the date. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0314B; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); techni…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
6 Mariengroschen from the Bishopric of Münster of Franz Arnold, 1715
1715
Silver coin. Obverse: decorated composite coat of arms on a crozier and a sword, surmounted by a crown. Reverse: indication of value in three lines, below which the year. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0317A; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique strik…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Four Pfennig from the Bishopric of Münster of Clemens August, 1748
1748
Copper coin. Obverse: between two tied laurel branches, crowned monogram of the letters C and A. Reverse: indication of value in two lines, below which the year. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0323; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metal…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Cathedral chapter of Münster, three Pfennig, 1760
1760
Copper coin. Obverse: Saint Paul with book and sword, seated at a table. Below, his name. Reverse: within a circular decoration, value indication in two lines, below which the date. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0347; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); techn…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Bishopric of Münster, Maximilian Friedrich, ½ Groschen, 1766
1766
Silver coin. Obverse: crowned monogram of the letters M and F. Reverse: indication of value in three lines. Year at the bottom. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0327; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Cathedral Chapter of Münster, six Pfennig, 1787
1787
Copper coin. Obverse: Saint Paul with book and sword, seated at a table. Reverse: within a circular decoration, indication of value in two lines, below which the year. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0350; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Four pfenning from the cathedral chapter of Münster, 1790
1790
Copper coin. Obverse: Saint Paul with book and sword, seated at a table. Reverse: within a circular decoration, value designation in two lines, below which the date. Cable edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0351A; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 17th century3
- 18th century6
Only the 9 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Silver5
- Copper4
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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