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1 Mark Dansk - Christian IV
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1612-1618 |
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| Value | 1 Mark (1/4) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Danish coat of arms — a crowned shield bearing three passant lions — occupies the central field, enclosed within a beaded inner circle surmounted by a royal crown. Above the shield, within the beaded circle, the denomination inscription reads '1 / MARCK / DANSKE' in three lines. The outer legend, separated by dots and running along the dentilated rim, reads REX NOR VAN D GO (Rex Norvegiae Vandalorum Gothorum), denoting the king's titles as King of Norway, the Wends, and the Goths. The date 1610 (or relevant year) appears in the lower left field. |
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Christian IV struck these marks during a period of aggressive monetary reform — he had inherited a debased coinage and spent the early decades of his reign attempting to stabilize Danish silver on terms competitive with the riksdaler trade coinage circulating across the Baltic. The .593 fineness reflects a deliberate compromise, lower than the high-crown issues but calibrated to circulate alongside them without disappearing into the melt.
Hede 99 encompasses several die variations across the seven-year production window, and attribution can be tricky without reference to the crown punch variants documented in Danish specialist literature.