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1 Ducat - Christian V
| Issuer | Copenhagen Mint |
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| Year | 1694 |
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| Currency | Rigsdaler specie (1625-1813) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of King Christian V, wearing a long flowing allonge wig with elaborate curled locks characteristic of late 17th-century Baroque portraiture, engraved in high relief with fine detail to the drapery at the truncation. The king's effigy is rendered in a bold, sculptural style attributed to engraver Anton Meybusch. The circular Latin legend reads CHRIST · V · D · G · DAN · N · V · G · REX · around the periphery, separated by raised dots. The reeded border frames the design, and the open field surrounding the bust lends the portrait a commanding presence. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHRIST · V · D · G · | DAN · N · V · G · REX · (Translation: Christian V Dei Gratia King of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and the Goths) |
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Christian V's ducats of the 1690s were struck at a moment when Denmark was still financially exhausted from the Scanian War and managing the diplomatic fallout of Louis XIV's shifting alliances in northern Europe. The Copenhagen Mint operated under royal privilege with Johan Kühle serving as mintmaster during this period, and his responsorial mark appears alongside the mint mark on pieces from this decade.
Fr#144 is the Friedberg reference, situating this piece within a well-documented but genuinely scarce series — Danish gold of this reign survives in far smaller numbers than contemporary Dutch or German issues of equivalent face value.