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1 Ducat - Frederik III
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1666-1669 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat (2) |
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| Reverse description | Standing allegorical figure of Fortuna, veiled and draped, posed upon a small terrestrial globe, her right hand raised aloft bearing a long billowing banner and her left hand holding it at her side. Behind the globe, two laurel branches are crossed and tied to form a wreath encircling the entire central composition. The royal motto is inscribed at either side along the inner rim, the date and mintmaster's initials appear in the exergue below the globe. The design is executed in the high Baroque allegorical tradition common to Danish gold coinage of Frederik III. |
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| Mintage | 1666 IW - - 1667 IW - - 1668 IW - - 1669 IW - - |
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Frederik III had consolidated extraordinary personal power following the bloodless coup of 1660, which abolished the elective monarchy and established hereditary absolutism in Denmark — the very political transformation these ducats were minted to finance and celebrate. The years 1666–1669 fall squarely within the period when the crown was restructuring royal finances after the catastrophic wars with Sweden that had nearly erased Denmark from the map.
Fr#79 places this squarely in the Friedberg gold sequence for Scandinavia. Danish ducats of this reign were struck primarily for diplomatic gifts and international trade rather than domestic circulation, which explains survival rates in better grades than the date range might suggest.