2 Skilling Dansk - Christian IV

Christian IV's prolonged involvement in the Thirty Years' War placed extraordinary strain on Danish finances, and the small silver skilling denominations of this period reflect a mint system under pressure to produce large volumes of low-value coinage for everyday transactions. The Copenhagen mint was working under royal direction that frequently prioritized quantity over consistency, which accounts for the irregular planchet preparation common across this type.

KM#69 spans only three years before being superseded by revised skilling types as the crown adjusted its monetary policy in the early 1620s.