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1 Krone - Christian V
| Issuer | Copenhagen Mint |
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| Year | 1694-1696 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the elaborately interlaced royal cypher of Christian V — a crowned double-C monogram rendered in baroque style — enclosed within a symmetrical wreath of laurel branches. The royal crown surmounts the monogram at top center, flanked by the flowing tendrils of the wreath. The mintmaster's initials CW appear at the base of the design below the wreath. No peripheral legend appears on this face; the entire composition is devoted to the ornamental monogram device. |
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| Mintage | 1694 CW - - 1695 CW - - 1696 CW - - |
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Christian V's later krone issues of the mid-1690s came at a moment of acute fiscal pressure — Denmark had emerged from the Scanian War exhausted and indebted, and the crown was leaning heavily on silver coinage to manage obligations that paper instruments could not reliably discharge. The Copenhagen Mint operated under tight royal supervision during this period, with mintmaster accountability enforced through assay requirements that left documentary traces still cross-referenced by Scandinavian numismatists today.
Hede 125C distinguishes this emission from earlier Christian V krone varieties by specific die characteristics. The three-year production window across 1694–1696 suggests interrupted or batch striking rather than continuous output.