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12 Skilling Dansk - Frederik IV
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1716-1720 |
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| Value | 12 Skilling (1/8) |
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| Reverse description | Central device features a crowned shield bearing the quartered arms of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, superimposed upon a cross that divides the field and incorporates the mintmaster's initials. The shield is embellished with the collar and pendant badge of the Royal Order of the Elephant. The denomination and regnal date appear in the surrounding circular legend, with the mint mark positioned within the design. |
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| Mintage | 1716 BH - - 1717 BH - - 1718 BH - - 1719 BH - - 1720 BH - - |
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Frederik IV struck these during the closing years of the Great Northern War, a conflict that had drained Danish treasury reserves since 1700. Prolonged military expenditure forced repeated debasements across Scandinavian coinages in this period, and the .562 fineness here sits well below the standard that earlier Danish silver had maintained — a direct consequence of wartime fiscal strain rather than any peacetime policy decision.
KM#6 is cataloged across a five-year span, with minor die variations known between issues.