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| 正面描述 | Equestrian effigy of King Frederik V facing right, depicted in classical military attire astride a prancing horse, rendered in high relief against a plain field. The king raises his right arm in a commanding gesture, with elaborate drapery and armor details visible. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device along the periphery, with the date 1749 inscribed in the lower exergual area beneath the horse's hooves. The coin's milled border frames the composition with a fine toothed rim. |
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| 正面文字 | Latin |
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| 附加信息 |
Frederik V commissioned this ducat as part of a deliberate effort to assert Danish commercial authority over the Caribbean trade routes at a moment when the Danish West India and Guinea Company had recently been dissolved and the islands taken under direct Crown control in 1754 — though this piece predates that transition, striking it places it squarely in the final years of company administration. Danish ducats of this Caribbean issue are among the most elusive colonial gold of the eighteenth century; the Crown's Atlantic trade volume never justified large mintages, and attrition through commerce, melting, and shipwreck has been severe.