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1/2 Skilling Dansk - Christian VII
| Issuer | Kingdom of Denmark |
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| Year | 1771 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the large crowned royal cipher of Christian VII, comprising the interlaced letter C enclosing the numeral 7 in an elegant cursive script. The cipher is surmounted by a detailed royal crown with arched framework and orb finial. The coin's border is defined by a uniform beaded inner rim. The design is bold and occupies virtually the entire flan, rendered in a plain unadorned style typical of late 18th-century Danish copper coinage. No portrait appears; the monogram alone serves as the sovereign identifier. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Christian VII's reign was nominally absolute but effectively hollow — by 1771, real power had shifted almost entirely to Johann Friedrich Struensee, the king's personal physician turned de facto ruler, who issued over 1,800 cabinet orders in roughly 16 months before his arrest and execution in 1772. Minor copper coinage of this precise period was produced under Struensee's administrative reorganization of Danish finances, part of his broader and ultimately fatal program of Enlightenment reform.