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1 Ducat - Frederik III
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1668 |
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| Value | 1 Ducat |
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| Reverse description | A crowned oval shield bearing the Norwegian lion rampant, holding a battle axe and facing right, is centrally placed atop a cross. The crowned shield is surrounded by a Latin legend completing the royal titulature, with the date 1668 incorporated into the inscription. A beaded inner circle runs along the periphery, providing a formal border to the design. |
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| Mintage | 1668 - Unique |
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Frederik III had united the crowns of Denmark and Norway under absolute monarchy just seven years before this piece was struck, the 1660 coup-by-consent that stripped the Danish nobility of their constitutional power and made the king sovereign by hereditary right. Norwegian ducats of this reign are struck in remarkably pure gold and survive in very small numbers — Brekke records fewer than a handful of confirmed examples.