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1 Skilling Dansk - Frederik VI
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1812 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the interlaced royal cipher of Frederik VI, rendered as an elaborate cursive monogram incorporating the letter F surmounted by a heraldic crown with three visible arches and beaded rim. The numeral VI appears below the monogram, identifying the regnal number of the sovereign. The design is unlettered, with the crowned cypher occupying nearly the full flan in a bold, deeply engraved relief characteristic of early nineteenth-century Danish copper coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | FR VI |
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Denmark's finances were in ruins by 1812. The Napoleonic Wars had severed British trade routes, the state had declared bankruptcy in 1813 — one year after this coin was struck — and copper small change was being issued against a backdrop of collapsing confidence in Danish paper currency. These copper skillings circulated heavily out of pure necessity, which makes clean survivors harder to find than mintage figures alone would suggest.