1761, Bamberg, Adam Friedrich Graf von Seinsheim. Copper 1 Pfennig Coin.

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1761, Bamberg, Adam Friedrich Graf von Seinsheim. Copper 1 Pfennig Coin. Condition: VF Mint year: 1761 Reference: KM-128. Denomination: Pfennig Material: Copper Diameter: 20mmWeight: 2.18gm Obverse: Arms of Bamberg (a lion behind diagonal line). Reverse: Value (1) above denomination ("Light Pfennig") and date (1761.) above arabesque. The Bishopric of Bamberg was established in 1007, to further expand the spread of Christianity in Germany. The ecclesiastical state was a member of the Holy Roman Empire from about 1245 until it was subsumed to the Electorate of Bavaria in 1802. Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed . ! Adam Friedrich Graf von Seinsheim (1708–1779) was the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1755 to 1779 and Prince-Bishop of Bamberg from 1757 to 1779.Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim was born in Regensburg on February 16, 1708, the son of Maximilian Franz Graf von Seinsheim (1681-1739) and his wife Anna Philippina Gräfin von Schönborn (1685-1721). His mother was the sister of Franz Georg von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Trier; Friedrich Karl von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Würzburg; and Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Speyer.He became a canon of Bamberg Cathedral and Würzburg Cathedral in 1718. He studied Christian theology at the University of Salzburg (master's degree 1724) and at the read more