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1⁄12 Speciedaler - Christian VII
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1796-1799 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays an oval crowned shield bearing the royal Danish coat of arms, comprising the quartered arms of Denmark, Norway, the Duchies, and associated territories. A peripheral legend arranged along the rim expresses the denomination in the Rigsdaler Specie monetary system. The design is executed in a clean neoclassical style characteristic of late 18th-century Danish coinage under Christian VII. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Christian VII was nominally king throughout this issue's production, but by the 1790s he had been functionally incapacitated by severe mental illness for decades — the kingdom was governed effectively by his son, the future Frederik VI, who assumed official regent status in 1784. The 1/12 Speciedaler denomination sat in an awkward position in Danish currency, useful for small transactions but struck in debased half-silver at a moment when Copenhagen was managing the financial pressures of neutrality-era trade and the looming Napoleonic disruptions to Baltic commerce.