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1 Speciedaler - Frederik III Type I.B, 3 lines in crown, legend starts under bust, low shoulder
| Issuer | Copenhagen Mint |
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| Year | 1650 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The crowned rampant lion of Denmark, rendered in high relief, occupies the central field within a raised inner circle; the lion is shown passant-rampant to the left, holding a halberd in its right forepaw, with a richly maned and bifurcated tail curling upward. The mint-master's initials PG appear in the lower field beneath the lion. The surrounding Latin legend, punctuated by quatrefoil stops, reads: DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT with the split date 16-50 flanking the upper portion of the inner circle. |
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Frederik III ascended the Danish throne in 1648 under conditions that left him politically hamstrung — the nobility had extracted sweeping concessions before accepting him, and the Council of the Realm held effective power. The speciedaler issues of his early reign were produced within that constrained monarchy, years before the 1660 coup that abolished the elective system and installed hereditary absolutism. Coins struck in the 1650s carry none of the absolutist iconography that would come to define his later issues.
The Hede 8B classification distinguishes this piece by the three-line crown interior and the specific placement of the legend break beneath the bust — details that separate die marriages within what is otherwise a visually similar run of early Frederik III specidalers.