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2 Ducats - Frederik III Pattern
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1669 |
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| Value | 2 Ducats |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Royal crowned cypher of Frederik III, composed of an interlaced monogram surmounting an orb, flanked by a sword to the left and a scepter to the right, all within a laurel wreath. The composition is enclosed by a Latin legend and bounded by a solid raised rim ring, consistent with the obverse. The engraving is attributed to Jonas Olufsen Lunder and displays fine detail characteristic of pattern strikings of this period. |
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Frederik III died in February 1670, making 1669 one of the final years of his reign and a period of active pattern production at the Copenhagen mint as engravers worked to refine dies for projected gold coinage. This piece — struck in silver as a trial — was never authorized for circulation. The Hede and Thesen references both treat it as a pattern rather than a proposed currency issue, and surviving examples are rare enough that auction appearances are measured in decades, not years.