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1 Speciedaler - Frederik V Coronation
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 1747 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the elaborately quartered Danish royal coat of arms, crowned with an open royal crown and supported by two muscular wild men (savages) standing to either side, each grasping a club. Below the shield, a decorative Baroque cartouche encloses the date 1747 and the mint-master's initial A. The surrounding Latin legend PRUDENTIA ET CONSTANTIA, meaning 'With Prudence and Constancy', arches across the upper field between two pellet stops. The overall design is executed in bold high relief in the prevailing Baroque court style. |
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Frederik V's coronation daler was struck to mark his accession in August 1746, though the dies were not ready until the following year — a common delay for ceremonial issues of this complexity. The piece belongs to a tradition of Danish coronation dalers stretching back to Christian IV, each commissioned as a deliberate political statement distributed among court officials, foreign dignitaries, and the high nobility rather than released into general circulation.
Most surviving examples show minimal wear for exactly that reason.