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1 Riksdaler - Frederick I 2nd portrait
| Issuer | Stockholm Mint |
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| Year | 1723-1728 |
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| Value | 1 Riksdaler |
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| Reverse description | The crowned Royal Arms of Sweden displayed as a large quartered shield at center, bearing the three crowns of Sweden and the lion of the Folkung dynasty among other dynastic charges, supported on either side by a rampant crowned lion standing on a decorative plinth. The entire achievement is surmounted by a royal crown with pendant ornaments. The date 1725 appears in an ornamental cartouche at the base of the design flanked by foliate scrollwork. The Swedish motto legend in Gothic blackletter script arcs across the upper field. |
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| Mint | Stockholm Mint |
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Frederick I ascended the Swedish throne in 1720 as a constitutional cipher — the Riksdag had gutted royal authority following Charles XII's disastrous wars, and the king functioned largely as a figurehead while the council governed. The riksdaler issues of this period reflect that political settlement: royal coinage produced under the direction of an institution, not a monarch.
The "2nd portrait" distinction in KM#395.1 separates this from the earlier bust used at the opening of Frederick's reign. Die changes of this kind were common at Stockholm when engravers turned over or when the Riksdag-controlled mint commission approved updated punches.