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1 Ducat - Christian V Christiansborg Fortress
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 1688 |
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| Currency | Rigsdaler specie (1625-1813) |
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| Reverse description | A detailed bird's-eye panoramic view of Christiansborg Fortress (also known as Christiansborg Castle) on the Gold Coast of Guinea, present-day Ghana, depicted with its bastions, towers, arched gateway, and surrounding coastal landscape. In the foreground, the waters of the Gulf of Guinea are rendered with fine engraved wave lines, and a figure — likely a native oarsman — is shown in a canoe approaching the fortress. Sailing vessels with rigging appear to the right of the fortress. The encircling Latin legend reads CHRISTIANSBVRG IN GVINEA Ao 1688 ., commemorating the establishment of the Danish trading fort. The scene is contained within an inner circle, with the date 1688 appearing in the lower exergual area. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1688 |
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