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1 Goldgulden - Christian III
| Issuer | Kingdom of Denmark |
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| Year | 1557 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the elaborate quartered royal arms of Denmark surmounted by a crown, contained within an ornate heraldic shield occupying the central field. The shield quarters feature the three lions passant of Denmark, the lion rampant of Norway, and the three crowns of Sweden, among other dynastic emblems, all rendered in fine hammered detail. The composition is framed by an inner beaded circle. The surrounding Latin legend continues the royal titulature, reading WEGIE VANDA GOTOR Q REX with the last two digits of the date (5 7) incorporated into the legend, completing the full title of King of the Wends and Goths. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Christian III secured Lutheran Denmark's place as a Protestant kingdom through the Count's War and the Church Ordinance of 1537, but his goldgulden coinage reflects something more pragmatic than theology: the need to participate in pan-European mercantile exchange on standardized Rhenish gulden terms. Danish gold of this reign is genuinely scarce in any condition, partly because the kingdom's gold output was never self-sufficient and production volumes were accordingly modest.
Fr#15 is among the rarest Frederiksberg-era attributions in Friedberg's northern European sequence.