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1 Thaler - Christian V
| Issuer | Kingdom of Denmark |
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| Year | 1683 |
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| Value | 1 Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of King Christian V facing right, wearing a flowing long wig with curling locks rendered in fine detail, a gorget, and elaborately engraved plate armor with pauldron. The effigy occupies the majority of the field in high relief, conveying a commanding baroque portrait style. The circumferential Latin legend reads CHRISTIANUS V D G REX DAN NOR VAN GOT, separated by lozenge stops, running along the raised beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHRISTIANUS • V • D • G • REX • DAN • NOR • VAN • GOT • |
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Christian V's reign saw Denmark still absorbing the trauma of the Scanian War (1675–1679), which had ended with French diplomatic pressure forcing Sweden's territorial restoration despite Danish battlefield successes. The 1683 thaler was struck at a moment of enforced peace — one that left the Danish crown financially strained and politically humiliated, having fought well and gained nothing.
Davenport's EC II classification places this piece within the north German thaler tradition Denmark maintained for large silver coinage throughout the late seventeenth century, largely to facilitate trade with Hamburg and the Baltic merchants who refused lesser denominations.