First time aboard and no ability to post pic. Please forgive. Very thin bronze coin, roughly diameter of a US quarter. Obverse has male figure holding sword in one hand and a book in other. Background has cathedrals. Text around perimeter of obverse has APOSTOLVS St (not sure on t) PAVLVS Reverse has decorative scrolling around perimeter. In center 1608 with large text VI below. Also noted is a "stamped impression" below "VI" of "II" in very small text. TIA
I also cannot provide a picture, but I am quite certain your coin is a 6 pfennig, minted by the cathedral Chapter of Münster, a German town and bishopry. It is listed in Krause as Münster/Cathedral Chapter/6 pfennig KM#402. There is a note in the catalog: Some 1608 issues have countermark of Galen arms (3 wolftraps) at bottom of reverse. bart
Bart, quite right sir. I have been trying to help the poster identify this coin with no luck. You have nailed it! Here is a pic (below) I found using the info you listed. What value could be assigned to a coin in roughly the same condition as in the pic?
Tude,your Munster 6 Pfenning actually has a very interesting counterstamp in the area below the 'VI'.Have you taken a very good look at it under a magnifying glass? I think there is something mentioned in the 17th Century Krause catalogue about these countermarks. By the way,welcome aboard all the way from the Dominion of New Zealand. Aidan.
Doug,I was looking at the picture that Tude posted.I assumed that it was of his coin.I am feeling a bit tired after a hectic week since Christmas. Aidan.
This coin is quoted in Krause as: G:8 $/ VG: 15 $/F: 30 $/VF: 60 $ Here in Europe this coin would be graded VG (-) bart
Yes,that's about it.The City of Munster is in Westphalia,Germany but at the time your coin was made,there was no actual country called Germany and Munster was not technically part of Westphalia although the bishops there controlled a large part of that state from 1100 on. They also make great cheese...just kidding.
