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1 Rigsbankskilling - Frederik VII type 2
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt) |
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| Year | 1853 |
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| Value | 1 Rigsbankskilling (1⁄96) |
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| Reverse description | At center, the crossed royal sword and scepter are displayed beneath the Crown of Denmark, forming the principal heraldic device. Below the crown and crossed regalia, the denomination is inscribed in abbreviated form. The date 1853 appears to the left, while the mint mark and engraver's initials appear to the right, flanking the central design in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Frederik VII came to the throne in 1848, the same year Denmark adopted its first constitutional monarchy — a direct result of popular pressure that stripped the king of absolute power. This second type rigsbankskilling was struck during the early years of that constitutional order, and the "Rigsbank" denomination itself reflects an earlier monetary reorganization under Frederik VI, when the state absorbed the bankrupt Kurantbank in 1813 and reissued currency under the new Rigsbank system. The copper coinage of this period circulated hard in a country still economically strained by the Napoleonic-era debt that reorganization had been designed to address.