1 Speciedaler - Frederik III Akershus

Frederik III struck this tin speciedaler at Akershus in the wake of the 1660 constitutional revolution that abolished the Danish-Norwegian nobility's tax privileges and transformed the monarchy into an hereditary absolute rule. Tin issues of this type were emergency or presentation pieces rather than mainstream circulation coinage — silver was being diverted toward the Swedish wars, and the crown's finances were badly strained following the Second Northern War. Hede 39 is among the rarest Frederik III Norwegian issues, and surviving examples in any condition are infrequently encountered outside major Scandinavian auction houses.