Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Skilling Rigsmønt - Frederik VII Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt), Copenhagen |
|---|---|
| Year | 1854 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Rigsdaler rigsmont (1854-1873) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed, bearded effigy of King Frederik VII facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and whiskers in a naturalistic style. The truncation is plain, with engraver's initials F.K. incused at the base below the neck. The circular legend runs along the raised rim from lower left to lower right, separated from the effigy by a flat field. The portrait displays strong classical influence consistent with mid-19th-century Danish medallic engraving. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | FREDERICVS VII D G DANIÆ V G REX F.K. (Translation: Frederik VII by the Grace of God, King of Denmark, of the Wends and the Goths) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Pattern coinage from the Royal Danish Mint in the early 1850s was driven by an active search for a reformed small-denomination currency following the monetary disruptions of the First Schleswig War. This 1854 skilling pattern in copper was part of that evaluation process — the Rigsbank skilling system was under review, and several competing designs and metal trials were produced before the monetary reform of 1854 settled the question. Most were never submitted for formal approval.
KM#Pn56 is among the rarer survivals from that deliberation.