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18 Penning 'Klippingar' - Christian II
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1518-1522 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1518-1522) |
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Klippingar — the Swedish term for these square-cut emergency pieces — were struck by Christian II during his aggressive campaign to consolidate control over Sweden, a period that culminated in the Stockholm Bloodbath of November 1520. The irregular shape was not stylistic choice but expedience: dies were applied directly to crudely sheared planchets when round blanks could not be produced fast enough to meet military and administrative demand.
Christian was deposed by Danish nobles in 1523, and production ceased abruptly with his exile.