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1/2 Rigsbankskilling - Christian VIII
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt) |
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| Year | 1842 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed right-facing bust of King Christian VIII occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with finely detailed curly hair. The truncation bears the engraver's initials F.K. The surrounding legend reads CHRISTIANVS VIII D:G: DANIÆ V:G: REX, contained between an inner dentilated border and an outer beaded rim. The portrait is executed in the neoclassical style characteristic of mid-19th century Danish coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Christian VIII's reign produced a short-lived monetary reform: the Rigsbank system, introduced in 1813 following Denmark's state bankruptcy, replaced the older courant currency at a ratio that wiped out roughly half the population's savings. These small copper skillings were the workhorse fractions of that reformed system, circulating heavily in everyday trade throughout the Danish provinces and the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, where Danish monetary authority was already politically contested.
KM#725 is a single-year type for 1842, with no significant die varieties documented in the major references.