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1 Søsling Lybsk - Christian IV
| Issuer | Glückstadt Mint |
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| Year | 1640-1648 |
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| Weight | 0.76 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the denomination inscription I SOESLING arranged in three lines within a central beaded or rope-bordered inner circle, with the numeral I above and SOES / LING below. The outer legend, separated from the inner circle by a plain field, carries the royal titulature DAN:N:V:G:q:REX with the date 1644 and a mint mark, all in Latin script. The overall layout is typical of small hammered billon issues of the Danish-Norwegian monetary system, with somewhat irregular flan edges reflecting hand-struck production. |
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Glückstadt was founded by Christian IV in 1616 specifically to rival Hamburg as a commercial hub on the lower Elbe — a project that never fully succeeded but kept the mint busy supplying small coinage for the region's daily trade. The søsling, worth half a skilling, occupied the lowest practical tier of Danish-Norwegian currency, and billon at .312 fine was about as degraded as silver coinage could get before crossing into copper territory.
Production across this eight-year span coincided with the final, difficult phase of the Thirty Years' War, during which Danish monetary policy was already strained from the kingdom's costly earlier intervention in the conflict.