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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3081463, member: 89314&quot;]GERMANY Town of HERFORD&nbsp;&nbsp; Copper&nbsp; 2 Pfennig 1636 with city arms (horizontal bar) countermark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Herford grew up around its Benedictine Abbey but became a free imperial city in 1631. However, when Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, took possession of the county of Ravensberg which included Herford,&nbsp; in 1647,&nbsp; the town lost its free status. Friedrich Wilhelm had the 1636 coinage countermarked with either a shield with the Herford arms or the Brandenburg electoral sceptre or both to reflect the change in regime.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]776080[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]776081[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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