1/4 Dukat - Adolf Fredrik

Adolf Fredrik's quarter dukat issues of 1754–55 fall within a period when Swedish royal finances were severely constrained by the constitutional limitations imposed on the monarchy after the Age of Liberty. The king held so little executive power that these fractional gold pieces functioned more as prestige tokens for the court than instruments of meaningful monetary policy — the Riksdag controlled the purse, and the crown wore it.

Friberg 71 is notably difficult to locate with intact surfaces; the small flan diameter meant edge contact damage was nearly unavoidable during original handling and storage.