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PADERBORN: Franz Arnold von Metternich, 1704-1718, AE 6 pfennig, 1706, PCGS MS64 BN

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Europe Start Price:70.00 USD Estimated At:85.00 - 125.00 USD
PADERBORN: Franz Arnold von Metternich, 1704-1718, AE 6 pfennig, 1706, PCGS MS64 BN
SOLD
150.00USD+ buyer's premium (30.00)
This item SOLD at 2025 Sep 21 @ 11:25UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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PADERBORN: Franz Arnold von Metternich, 1704-1718, AE 6 pfennig, 1706, KM-173.1, a wonderful lustrous chocolate-brown mint state example! PCGS graded MS64 BN, ex Joe Sedillot Collection. In 1703 Franz Arnold von Metternich was ordained a deacon and shortly thereafter a priest. Despite considerable opposition from an opposing party, Franz Arnold was elected coadjutor to his uncle, Hermann Werner von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht, with the right of succession as Bishop of Paderborn. Pope Clement XI confirmed the election and appointed him titular bishop of Nicopolis in Armenia. On March 9, 1704, Otto Wilhelm von Bronckhorst zu Gronsfeld, auxiliary bishop of Osnabrück, consecrated him bishop in Paderborn. After his uncle's death on May 21, 1704, he became Prince-Bishop of Paderborn.