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1 Speciedaler - Christian V
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1682 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The elaborate crowned royal cipher of Christian V dominates the central field, formed by a double mirrored interlaced monogram beneath a large ornate Crown of Denmark. The monogram is encircled by a beaded or rope-like inner border, with the king's personal motto rendered in Latin as the outer circumferential legend. The overall design is bold and heraldic in character, consistent with late 17th-century Danish regal coinage produced at the Glückstadt mint. |
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| Mintage | ND (1682) - Km# 74,1 - Smooth edge; unique - ND (1682) CW - Km# 74,2 - Lettered edge - |
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Christian V came to the Danish throne in 1670 inheriting a monarchy fundamentally reshaped by the Lex Regia of 1665 — Europe's most explicit codification of absolute royal power, drafted largely by Peder Schumacher Griffenfeld. The speciedaler coinage of his reign was a direct instrument of that authority, issued by a crown that had stripped the nobility of tax exemptions and centralized fiscal administration within a generation.
The 1682 date falls in the middle of Christian's push to standardize Danish coinage after years of inconsistent minting practices inherited from Fredrik III. The Dav EC II dual listing under 3676 and 3676A reflects a documented die variation for this year — not a reissue, but a distinguishable difference in die preparation at the Copenhagen mint.