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Coin, Impression of a Paul Seal and Seal stamp of the Cathedral Chapter
COIN, Münster
1790, Copper
MON[ATA]: CATHED[RADLIS]: ECCLES[IAE]: MONASTE[RIENSIS] Kathedralkirche Münster
Domschatz Münster, Inv.-Nr. DK.2020.148
IMPRESSION OF A SEAL OF PAUL, Münster
around 1300
S[AN]C[TU]S * PAULUS * AP[OSTO]L[U]S / Hl. Apostel Paulus
Domschatz Münster, Inv.-Nr. DK.2023.54
SEAL OF THE CATHEDRAL CHAPTER, Münster
1801, Brass
SIGILL[UM] CAPIT[ULI] CATH[EDRALIS] ECCLES[IAE] MONAST[ERIENSIS] SEDE VACANTE 1801 / Siegel des Kapitels der münsterischen Domkirche zur Zeit der Vakanz des Sitzes 1801
Domschatz Münster, Inv.-Nr. DK.2020.146
The cathedral patron Paul develops into the identifying mark of the cathedral chapter. In various depictions, he appears through the centuries on the seals and coins of the cathedral chapter.
He occupies the central position on the cathedral chapter's coat of arms. It depicts the saint in profile in the early version, and later as a half-length figure facing forward.
Seals are used to authenticate official documents. When there was no bishop in Münster between 1801 and 1821, the cathedral chapter assumed the administrative duties of the diocese. Seals featuring Paul were used in this capacity as well; Paul is also the patron saint of the diocese.
The coins served as legal tender. This is how the coin from 1790
made its way to Berlin, where it was discovered in an excavation pit.
