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1 Speciedaler - Frederik III
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1667 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | FRID • III • D • G • DAN • NOR • VAN • GOT • REX (Translation: Frederik III Dei Gratia King of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and the Goths) |
| Reverse description | Crowned heraldic shield of Denmark, flat-topped and quartered by a central cross with a small inescutcheon at the fess point, representing the royal arms. The shield is partially enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the mint master's initials 'G' and 'K' flanking the shield at left and right respectively in the field. A continuous Latin legend occupies the outer border, punctuated at the base by the date 1667 positioned at the nadir of the coin behind the lower tip of the shield. |
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Frederik III's reign is best remembered for the 1660 constitutional coup in which he and the burghers effectively abolished the Danish nobility's tax exemptions and transformed the monarchy into an absolute hereditary institution — one of the more bloodless power seizures in early modern European history. The speciedaler coinage of his later reign, including this 1667 piece, was struck under that newly consolidated royal authority, the Copenhagen mint operating with reorganized privileges that followed directly from the political settlement.
Dav EC II#3555 places this within a sequence of Frederik III dalers notable for variability in die alignment and edge treatment across the emission years.