1 Speciedaler - Christian V

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.