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1 Speciedaler - Frederik III
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1658 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Armored, draped bust of King Frederick III facing right, with flowing long curly hair, wearing a cuirass with ornate detailing, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The royal effigy is rendered in high relief in the baroque portrait style typical of the mid-17th century. A circular Latin legend surrounds the bust outside the inner circle, commencing at the top and reading clockwise. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Frederik III issued this speciedaler during the Second Northern War, a conflict that brought Swedish forces deep into Jutland and briefly threatened Copenhagen itself. The 1658 peace of Roskilde stripped Denmark-Norway of its remaining Scandinavian territories east of the Øresund — a territorial catastrophe that fundamentally redrew the map of northern Europe. Coins struck in this year circulated against a backdrop of military emergency and fiscal strain, with the crown desperate to fund continued resistance.
The Brekke 79 attribution distinguishes this among several die marriages known for the type.