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1 Speciedaler - Christian V Danish East India Co. Trade coinage
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 1671 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1671 GK - - 6 |
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The Danish East India Company had its royal charter renewed by Christian V in 1670, and this speciedaler was struck the following year specifically to facilitate trade on the Coromandel Coast and in the Gulf of Bengal, where Spanish and Dutch silver already dominated commercial exchange. The piece had to compete on trust as much as metal content — Danish trading influence in India remained tenuous throughout the period, concentrated almost entirely around the settlement at Tranquebar, acquired from the Tanjore kingdom in 1620.
Davenport's AAO designation places it within the bracteate-adjacent trade coinage documentation, a classification reflecting its specialized circulation outside metropolitan Denmark rather than any departure from standard speciedaler fineness.