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1 Rixdaler / 1/2 Courant Ducat - Frederik IV
| Issuer | Copenhagen Mint |
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| Year | 1715 |
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| Value | 1/2 Courant Ducat = 1 Riksdaler Courant (⅘) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped bust of King Frederik IV facing right, rendered in high relief with flowing curly hair cascading over the shoulder in the late Baroque manner. The king wears a lace cravat and armored pauldron visible at the truncation. The bold, continuous circumscribed legend in Latin runs clockwise around the effigy, separated by pellets, commencing at the lower left. The coin's milled edge border frames the portrait field cleanly. |
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| Obverse lettering | FRID.IIII.D.G.REX DAN.NOR.V.G (Translation: Frederik IV Dei Gratia King of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and the Goths) |
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Frederik IV's Denmark was deep in the Great Northern War by 1715, with the kingdom having re-entered the conflict in 1709 after the Swedish defeat at Poltava. The dual denomination on this piece — simultaneously 1 Rixdaler and ½ Courant Ducat — reflects the awkward coexistence of two parallel monetary systems in Danish circulation, a practical headache the crown never cleanly resolved during this period.
Copenhagen Mint production of gold in these war years was constrained and sporadic. Few pieces were struck.