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1 Penning - Christopher II Roskilde
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1319-1332 |
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| Value | 1 Penning (0.01) |
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| Mint | Roskilde Mint |
| Mintage | ND (1319-1332) |
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Christopher II's reign was defined less by monetary policy than by political collapse — he was deposed twice, and for a period Denmark effectively ceased to exist as a functioning state, pawned in pieces to German creditors. Coinage from his Roskilde issues belongs to a monarchy operating under extreme fiscal duress, with minting rights fragmented across competing authorities.
MB#544 is a thin bracteate-influenced struck piece from a period when Danish royal coinage had not yet stabilized its weight standards after decades of debasement under the preceding reign.