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1 Ferding Dorpat countermark
| Issuer | Bishopric of Dorpat |
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| Year | 1530-1534 |
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| Value | 1 Ferding = 12 Schilling |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Mintage | ND (1530-1534) - Host coin dated 1526 - ND (1530-1534) - Host coin dated 1527 - ND (1530-1534) - Host coin dated 1528 - ND (1530-1534) - Host coin dated 1529 - ND (1530-1534) - Host coin dated 1530 - ND (1531-1534) - Host coin dated 1531 - ND (1532-1534) - Host coin dated 1532 - ND (1533-1534) - Host coin dated 1533 - ND (1534) - Host coin dated 1534 - |
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Dorpat's bishops operated their mint intermittently and under persistent political pressure from both the Livonian Order and the encroaching Reformation movement that would ultimately strip the see of its temporal authority by mid-century. This countermark issue reflects a specific administrative need to validate or redenominate coinage already in circulation — a practice the Bishopric resorted to rather than striking entirely fresh coin, likely due to constrained minting resources during a period of institutional instability.
The Haljak II and Neumann references place this among a tight cluster of authenticated countermarked pieces; genuine examples are infrequently encountered outside Baltic regional collections.