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2 Frederiks d'Or - Frederik VII
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt) |
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| Year | 1850-1863 |
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| Value | 2 Frederiks d`Or = 10 Speciedaler (20) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central quartered shield bearing the Arms of Denmark and its constituent territories, surmounted by a large royal crown and flanked by two wild men (savage supporters) armed with clubs, each standing upon a decorative base. The collar of the Order of the Elephant is suspended below the shield. A broad crowned royal mantle or pavilion billows behind the entire heraldic composition. The denomination 2 FR D'OR appears in the upper legend, while the date is divided and placed to either side of the lower portion of the shield, with the mintmaster's mark and assayer's initial completing the reverse inscription. |
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Frederik VII's reign saw Denmark lose Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia and Austria in the 1864 war — but these gold pieces were struck in the years just before that catastrophe, when the constitutional monarchy established in 1849 was still new and the king's popularity ran high. The 2 Frederiks d'Or continued a denomination that had circulated among the Danish merchant and landowning classes since the 18th century, more a store of value than a coin of daily commerce.
The fineness of .896 is characteristic of the older Danish gold standard, not yet harmonized with the Latin Monetary Union specifications that would reshape Scandinavian coinage after 1873.