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1 Speciedaler - Frederik III
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1651-1652 |
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| Value | 1 Speciedaler |
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| Reverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a crowned, two-tailed rampant lion facing left, holding a curved halberd — the heraldic symbol of Norway — shown in high relief in the baroque style. The royal motto appears in a circumscribed Latin legend outside the inner circle, with the date of issue divided and placed at the end of the legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | :DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT:16*51 (Translation: The Lord will provide) |
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Frederik III's claim to Norway was complicated from the start — he inherited the kingdom in 1648 under the terms of the Hannibal Fehde's aftermath, with Danish power over Norwegian administration tightening precisely as the Crown sought hard currency to service war debts. The Kongsberg silver mines, opened in 1623, made speciedaler production politically important: these coins were direct proof of Norwegian mineral wealth flowing through royal control.
The 1651–52 issue corresponds to an early and relatively brief window of production at Christiania, before minting arrangements were reorganized. Rønning's classification of this piece as 43d indicates a specific die pairing within a scarce emission.