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1 Speciedaler - Christian V Danish East India Co. Trade coinage
| Uitgever | Denmark |
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| Jaar | 1672 |
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| Samenstelling | Silver (.875) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Laureate and armored bust of King Christian V facing right, with long flowing hair. The king's cuirass features a lion-head pauldron at the shoulder, and he wears a draped scarf at the neck together with the badge and ribbon of the Order of the Elephant. A continuous Latin legend encircles the effigy along the rim, identifying the monarch by name and titles. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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Christian V issued this speciedaler specifically for the Danish East India Company's trade operations in Asia, where European-weight silver coins were essential for purchasing goods from merchants who distrusted paper instruments and assessed payment by bullion content. The Danish East India Company had been refounded in 1670 after decades of dormancy, and coinage supporting its renewed ambitions was part of a broader mercantilist push to compete with the Dutch VOC and English East India Company on their own terms.
Relatively few examples entered prolonged circulation — the coin's purpose was commercial exchange at distant trading posts, not domestic use, which means survivors tend toward better preservation than their age suggests.