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1/4 Portugaloser - Christian IV
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1602 |
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| Currency | First Speciedaler (-1625) |
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| Reverse lettering | DVX SCHLES HOLS STOR TIT COM IN OLDE ET DEI |
| Edge | Plain |
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The Portugaloser was a prestige denomination borrowed directly from Portugal's India trade coinage — the *português* — and adopted by several northern European courts as a ceremonial showpiece rather than a circulating medium. Christian IV began issuing these large gold multiples shortly after his coronation, using them as diplomatic gifts and rewards to naval commanders. The 1602 date places this piece among his earliest issues, struck at a moment when Denmark still controlled the Sound tolls and extracted revenue from virtually every ship entering the Baltic.
The quarter denomination is the most practically sized of the series, making it the division most likely to have actually changed hands.