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1 Schilling - Charles Frederick
| Issuer | Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp |
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| Year | 1703-1709 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse lettering | D. G.H. N. DUX. SCHLES : & HOL |
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| Mintage | 1703 BH - - 1704 BH - - 1705 BH - - 1706 BH - - 1707 BH - - 1708 BH - - 1709 BH - - |
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Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp occupied an awkward geopolitical position in the early eighteenth century — nominally under Danish suzerainty for the Schleswig portion while the Holstein lands fell under the Holy Roman Empire, a dual dependency that Duke Frederick IV exploited with varying success until his death at the Battle of Gadebusch in 1712. The duchy's coinage from this window reflects a ruler pressing whatever autonomy he could extract from the arrangement, issuing small silver denominations that circulated alongside Danish and Swedish money in a region where all three powers competed for practical control.