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1 Skilling - Christian VI

Issuer Denmark
Year 1735-1746
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Currency Rigsdaler specie (1625-1813)
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Obverse lettering 6CC6
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Reverse script Latin
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Christian VI's reign saw Denmark locked in fiscal austerity following the wars and debt of his predecessors, and low-denomination billon issues like this one were produced to keep small commerce functioning while the crown avoided heavier silver expenditure. The .187 fineness is barely silver at all — closer to copper with a silver wash in practical terms — which made these skillings unpopular with the public and prone to hoarding of anything better.

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