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1 Frederiks d'Or - Frederik VI
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1827 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Unadorned bare head effigy of King Frederik VI facing left, rendered in a restrained neoclassical style with naturalistically engraved hair. The truncation of the neck is clean and unadorned. The circular legend reads FREDERICUS VI REX DANIÆ, with the engraver's initials IC (for Johannes Conradsen) placed at the lower left. The field is smooth and unornamented, with a closely set inner toothed border running the full circumference. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Frederik VI issued this gold Frederik d'Or during a period of genuine fiscal strain — Denmark had declared state bankruptcy in 1813 following the Napoleonic Wars, and the subsequent monetary reorganization under the Speciedaler system of 1813–1818 left the kingdom slowly rebuilding credibility in its coinage. The Frederik d'Or itself was a prestige denomination with limited circulation utility, struck in small quantities for diplomatic and court purposes rather than everyday trade.
The Hede reference remains the authoritative Danish numismatic catalog for this series, and Hede 2 places this among the earlier die marriages of the type.