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1 Ducat - Frederik V Christianborg, ship type
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1746 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate effigy of King Frederik V facing right, depicted with long flowing hair and bare neck truncation. The engraver's initial appears beneath the neck truncation. The royal legend encircles the portrait in Latin, divided across the upper and lower fields. |
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| Obverse lettering | FRIDERICVS • V • D • | G • REX • DAN • NOR • V • G • A (Translation: Frederik V Dei Gratia King of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and the Goths) |
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Frederik V came to the Danish throne in 1746, and this ducat commemorates the rebuilding of Christiansborg Palace following its destruction by fire in 1732 — a project that consumed enormous royal resources and became a centerpiece of his reign's early symbolism. The "ship type" designation distinguishes it from contemporaneous ducat issues of the same reign, reflecting a specific reverse program tied to Danish maritime ambitions and the crown's commercial interests in the East India trade.
Danish gold ducats of this period were struck to the longstanding European ducat standard, facilitating use in international merchant transactions well beyond domestic circulation.