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1 Ducat - Frederik III
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1657 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat (2) |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armored bust of King Frederik III facing right, wearing an open royal crown with elaborate ornamentation, his hair rendered in flowing curls in the Baroque manner. The effigy occupies the central field with fine sculptural relief, showing the king in military dress with a mantle clasp visible at the shoulder. The encircling Latin legend is divided by the date 16-57 positioned at the top of the field flanking the crown. A beaded inner border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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1657 places this coin squarely within the First Northern War, during which Denmark suffered one of its most catastrophic military defeats. Swedish forces under Charles X Gustav crossed the frozen Belts in February 1658 — a maneuver considered impossible — and forced Frederik III to sign the Treaty of Roskilde, ceding roughly a third of Danish territory including Scania, Blekinge, and Bornholm. Gold ducats of this period were instruments of diplomacy and officer pay rather than everyday commerce; no ordinary Dane handled one.
Fr#101 is among the scarcer Frederik III ducat references, with surviving examples distributed thinly across Scandinavian institutional collections.