Bergen's mint operated only briefly under Frederik II, active from 1575 until its closure in 1578 — one of several provincial mints the Danish crown periodically licensed and then suppressed as centralized control over coinage tightened. The hvid denomination itself was an old Nordic unit, by this point so debased from its medieval silver standard that surviving examples at full weight are unusual. Brekke's numbering of three distinct varieties across this four-year window reflects genuine die changes rather than mere collector splitting.
Bergen's mint operated only briefly under Frederik II, active from 1575 until its closure in 1578 — one of several provincial mints the Danish crown periodically licensed and then suppressed as centralized control over coinage tightened. The hvid denomination itself was an old Nordic unit, by this point so debased from its medieval silver standard that surviving examples at full weight are unusual. Brekke's numbering of three distinct varieties across this four-year window reflects genuine die changes rather than mere collector splitting.