1536 - `ET:` on obverse -
1536 - `ET:N` on obverse -
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Christian III struck this issue in 1536, the same year he defeated the Catholic bishops in the Count's War and established Lutheranism as Denmark's state religion — dissolving episcopal power and seizing church properties in a single sweeping reorganization. The Ribe mint, one of Denmark's oldest, was active through this turbulent transition. Low silver content in billon issues of this type reflects the fiscal pressures of a prolonged civil conflict that had effectively bankrupted the crown.
Christian III struck this issue in 1536, the same year he defeated the Catholic bishops in the Count's War and established Lutheranism as Denmark's state religion — dissolving episcopal power and seizing church properties in a single sweeping reorganization. The Ribe mint, one of Denmark's oldest, was active through this turbulent transition. Low silver content in billon issues of this type reflects the fiscal pressures of a prolonged civil conflict that had effectively bankrupted the crown.