2 Skilling - Christian V

Christian V came to the Danish throne in 1670 and almost immediately set about reforming a coinage system badly degraded by his father's wars — particularly the ruinous conflicts with Sweden that had stripped the treasury through the 1650s and 1660s. The skilling denominations issued in his first years reflect the lingering billon standards of a monarchy still rebuilding fiscal credibility.

This short three-year emission was superseded as Christian's monetary reforms took hold later in the decade.