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1 Speciedaler - Christian V Danish East India Co. Trade coinage
| Issuer | Danish East India Company |
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| Year | 1671 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the crowned royal cipher of Christian V — an interlaced 'C5' monogram beneath a large open crown — flanked by two symmetrical sprays of laurel branches extending from the lower field. Immediately below the monogram cipher, a second smaller crown surmounts the large interlaced 'DOC' (Danish East India Company) monogram. The date 1671 is divided on either side of the royal cipher in the upper central field. The mint master's initials 'GK' (Godtfred Krüger) appear at the base of the design, with a toothed outer border encircling the entire reverse. |
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| Mint | Copenhagen Mint, Denmark (Mint Master: Godtfred Krüger) |
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Christian V had been on the Danish throne less than a year when this piece was struck. The Danish East India Company, refounded in 1670 after its first incarnation had collapsed decades earlier, required purpose-struck trade coinage to compete with Dutch and English rivals already entrenched in Asian commerce. The speciedaler denomination was chosen deliberately — its weight and fineness were calibrated to be recognizable and trusted in Indian and Ceylonese markets where European merchants jostled for access to textile and spice networks.
The dual KM references reflect genuine die variations between documented strikings, catalogued separately by Davenport as AAO#409.