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Muenster
Pfenning
(1739)

5 Pfenning Saint Paul
1. Front 2. Back
Copper Pfenning - Æ 25mm - 5 grams - Flipside upside down - Struck in 1739.
1. 5 PFENNING 1739.
Round shield with in the text IIIII PFENNING 1739. Before the '5' a checker or a bunch of grapes, behind it a 4-leaf clover or a or a bunch of grapes. Around the rim embellishments.
2. MON:CATHED:ECCLES:MONASTE: / S. PAVLVS
Upper half has Saint Paul, dressed, bearded and nimbus around head. In his right arm a sword. In his left the stone tables. Lower half filled with text S.PAVLVS (Sankt Paulus - Saint Paul) above two fancy curls. For two/thirds around the rim the first two/thirds of the mentioned text.