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1 Rigsbankskilling - Christian VIII Pattern
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1842 |
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| Value | 1 Rigsbankskilling (1⁄96) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Christian VIII came to the Danish throne in 1839 having already ruled as king of Norway in 1814 — a reign of less than a year, cut short by the Treaty of Kiel's transfer of Norway to Sweden. His Danish reign was marked by growing pressure for constitutional reform, and his government was acutely aware of the need to modernize state institutions, including the currency. The Rigsbank itself had been reorganized out of the wreckage of the 1813 state bankruptcy, and coinage reform was an ongoing preoccupation throughout the 1840s.
This 1842 pattern was never adopted for circulation. The following year's currency reforms would take a different direction, and Christian VIII died in 1848 before seeing Denmark's constitutional transformation completed.