Eustratie Dabija
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As financial collapse had marked the history of Moldavia for several decades running, Dabija is noted for re\-introducing the [mint](/wiki/Mint_%28coin%29 "Mint (coin)") in [Suceava](/wiki/Suceava "Suceava") from his first year of rule. Previous large\-scale [inflation](/wiki/Inflation "Inflation") and [devaluation](/wiki/Devaluation "Devaluation") had made Moldavian [currency](/wiki/Currency "Currency") undesirable, so the state had to resort to issuing [counterfeit](/wiki/Counterfeit "Counterfeit") coinage, mainly [Swedish](/wiki/Rise_of_Sweden_as_a_Great_Power "Rise of Sweden as a Great Power") and [Livonian](/wiki/Livonia "Livonia") [shillings](/wiki/Shilling "Shilling") and [riksdalers](/wiki/Riksdaler "Riksdaler"). Produced with the assistance of [Polish](/wiki/Polish_people "Polish people") mintmaster Titus Livius Boratini, the imitations are, usually, of extremely poor quality. The only proper monetary issue of his rule are the *şalăi* (in sources that use [Latin](/wiki/Latin "Latin"), they are referred to as *[solidi](/wiki/Solidus_%28coin%29 "Solidus (coin)")*), the smallest coin on the market.

Eustratie Dabija assisted the [Ottomans](/wiki/Ottoman_Empire "Ottoman Empire") during two of their campaigns into [Transdanubia](/wiki/Transdanubia "Transdanubia") against the [Habsburgs](/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy "Habsburg monarchy"), in 1663 and 1664\.

He was the father of [Anastasiya Dabizha](/wiki/Anastasiya_Dabizha "Anastasiya Dabizha").

He was the father of Maria Dabizha. Her family married her to a rising politician of the country, Iordache Ruset, But Maria died in a few years after the wedding.

[Mihai Eminescu](/wiki/Mihai_Eminescu "Mihai Eminescu")'s poem, *Umbra lui Istrate Dabija \- Voievod* ("Prince Istrate Dabija's shadow"), presents the image of an [inebriated](/wiki/Inebriated "Inebriated") and jovial leader ruling over an isolated and [bucolic](/wiki/Bucolic "Bucolic") country.


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