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1 Guldkrone - Frederik III
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint (Glückstadt) |
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| Year | 1657-1660 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the crowned Danish lion rampant within a beaded inner circle, the shield ornamented with small heart devices arranged around the lion's body, a characteristic motif of the Danish royal arms of the period. A large open crown surmounts the inner circle at the top. The peripheral legend, separated from the inner circle by a plain fillet and an outer beaded border, reads · FRIDERICVS · III · D · G · DAN · in raised Latin letters, identifying Frederik III as King of Denmark by the Grace of God. |
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| Mintage | 1657 - legend as: NORWEGIÆ · VANDA: GOTTO: Q: REX - 1659 - legend as: NORWEG: VAND: GOTHOR: Q: REX - 1660 - legend as: NORWEG: VANDALOR: GOTHOR: Q: REX - |
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Frederik III's reign coincided with one of Denmark's most catastrophic military disasters: the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, which stripped the kingdom of its Scanian provinces and permanently redrew Scandinavian borders. These gold guldkroner were struck at the Glückstadt mint — established by Christian IV in Holstein specifically to rival Hamburg — while Swedish forces were actively occupying large portions of the Danish mainland. That the mint continued operating at all during this period is itself notable.
Fr#120,2 distinguishes this from closely related varieties by die characteristics documented in Friedberg. Survivors in any condition are scarce; wartime disruption to both production and commerce saw to that.