1 Mark - Christian V

Christian V died in August 1699, making this one of the final issues struck under his reign — he had ruled Denmark-Norway since 1670 and spent much of that time waging expensive, largely unsuccessful wars against Sweden. Norway operated no independent mint at this period; these coins were struck at Copenhagen.

The mark denomination itself was a unit of account more than a practical currency, and its silver content was frequently debased across the seventeenth century as war financing took its toll on the Danish-Norwegian treasury.