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1 Körtling - Kaspar I of Hörsel
| Issuer | Abbey of Corvey |
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| Year | 1547-1554 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, the crowned and ornamented shield of the Corvey abbey arms, featuring a cross-hatched or diaper-pattern field, occupies the central field. A circular Latin legend surrounds the shield along the outer rim of the coin. |
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| Mintage | 1547 - - 1548 - (15)48 - 1550 - - 1554 - (15)54 - |
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Corvey's monetary output in the mid-sixteenth century was shaped almost entirely by abbatial politics and the abbey's increasingly precarious position between secular territorial ambitions and its own diminishing independence. Kaspar I of Hörsel, who led the house from 1547 to 1554, presided during a period when the Prince-Bishops of Paderborn and the Duchy of Brunswick were actively contesting Corvey's traditional rights — including its mint privileges. The Körtling denomination itself was a north German small silver type, and Corvey's issues of it were never large-scale productions.
The Ilisch/Schwede reference places this among documented varieties; the B/a classification indicates a specific obverse/reverse die pairing within the Kaspar I sequence.