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1 Speciedaler - Frederik III Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 1661 |
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| Currency | Rigsdaler specie (1625-1813) |
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| Reverse description | A central elaborately shaped heraldic shield bearing the arms of Denmark is superimposed upon a cross of small armorial shields, the whole surmounted by the Royal Crown of Denmark. Surrounding the central composition, eleven flat-topped provincial shields bearing the arms of Danish territories are arranged within a roped border. The pendant of the Order of the Elephant hangs from the lower portion of the rope border. The royal motto serves as the outer legend, with the date 1661 flanking the crown at the top and the mintmaster's initials HK appearing in the legend. |
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| Mintage | 1661 HK |
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1661 marks the year Frederik III's absolutist coup was codified into Danish law — the Kongeloven, or King's Law, which would not be formally signed until 1665 but whose political groundwork was being aggressively laid at this precise moment. Pattern pieces from this period were struck as demonstrations of royal prerogative, distributed to court and foreign powers as proof of the new order. A gold speciedaler pattern in this year is not a coin awaiting approval; it is propaganda in metal.
The weight places it squarely in the speciedaler tradition rather than the lighter ducat series, an unusual choice for a pattern that was almost certainly never intended for circulation.