1 Mark - Christian III

Christian III issued this mark coinage in the immediate aftermath of the Count's War — a brutal civil conflict that ended in 1536 with his consolidation of power and the simultaneous imposition of Lutheranism as Denmark's state religion, dissolving Catholic Church properties and restructuring the Crown's finances in one sweep. The monetary reforms that followed were partly an exercise in asserting royal authority through newly standardized silver coinage.

The Hede 3A designation places this among the earliest defined varieties of the type. Danish mark coinage of this decade is notoriously difficult to attribute cleanly due to inconsistent die preparation across mints operating under the reformed royal monopoly.