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2 Mark Klipping - Christian III
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1535 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Struck in the immediate aftermath of the Count's War — the civil conflict that ended in 1536 with Christian III's decisive victory and the simultaneous imposition of Lutheranism on Denmark — this klipping belongs to one of the most turbulent monetary moments in Scandinavian history. The irregular cut-square form was a wartime expedient, struck fast and rough to pay troops and creditors when there was no time for properly shaped flans.
The billon composition reflects a treasury under severe strain. Christian's war debts to Lübeck alone took decades to clear.