2 Mark Dansk - Christian V

Christian V came to the throne in 1670 as the first Danish king to rule under the absolutist constitution — the Kongeloven of 1665 — which transferred sovereignty entirely from the nobility to the crown. His coinage program reflected that shift directly, projecting royal authority through a reorganized mint system centered at Copenhagen. The 1686 date places this piece mid-reign, a period of relative monetary stability following the upheavals of the Scanian War against Sweden, which had ended in 1679 with the Treaty of Fontainebleau.

The .671 fineness is characteristic of Danish mark coinage of this period, set below the older rigsdaler standard.