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1 Rigsbankdaler / 1/2 Speciedaler - Frederik VI Type 1, straight neck cut
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt) |
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| Year | 1826-1834 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central crowned shield bearing the quartered arms of Denmark and its territories, flanked on either side by the fractional value designation '1/2 Sp' (half Speciedaler). The denomination 'EN RIGSBANKDALER' (One Rigsbankdaler) is inscribed above the shield in a curved legend. Below the shield, the date is divided by the mintmaster's initials, with additional letters denoting the responsible mint official. The heraldic shield is surmounted by a royal crown, with the overall composition arranged in a balanced, formal style typical of early nineteenth-century Danish coinage. |
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Frederik VI issued this denomination during a period of genuine monetary reconstruction. Denmark had declared state bankruptcy in 1813, and the resulting currency reform — finalized through the establishment of the Rigsbank in 1818 — took years to produce stable, trusted coinage. The Rigsbankdaler was a direct product of that institutional rebuilding, with the dual denomination inscription reflecting a transitional system where old Specie values still anchored public confidence.
The "straight neck cut" distinction separates this from the later Type 2, a die modification introduced mid-series. Collectors working this series without that detail routinely miscatalog the earlier strikes.