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2 Skilling Dansk - Frederik III Shield type III
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1653-1655 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Crowned, flat-topped heraldic shield bearing the arms of Denmark, occupying the central field. On variety KM# 189.1 the shield is enclosed within an inner circle, while on KM# 189.2 it stands freely in the field without an enclosing circle. A circular legend in Latin runs around the periphery, invoking the royal title and the king's name. |
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| Mintage | 1653 (h) - Km# 189.1 - GOTO.Q.R | Value as II/SKILI/NGDA/NSK - 1653 (h) - Km# 189.1 - GOTO.R | Value as II/SKIL/DANS - 1653 (h) - Km# 189.1 - GOTO.REX | Value as II/SKILI/NGDA/NSK - 1653 (h) - Km# 189.2 - G.REX | Value as II/SKIL/DAN/S - 1653 (h) - Km# 189.2 - GOTO | Value as II/SKIL/DANS - 1653 (h) - Km# 189.2 - GOTO.Q | Value as II/SKIL/DANS - 1653 (h) - Km# 189.2 - GOTO.Q.R | Value as II/SKILI/NGDA/NSK - 1653 (h) - Km# 189.2 - GOTO.REX | Value as II/SKILI/NGDA/NSK - 1654 (h) - FRIDERIC·D:G·D / G.REX | Value as II/SKIL/DANS - 1654 (h) - Km# 189.2 - G.REX | Value as II/SKIL/DANS - 1654 (h) - km# 189.2 error: FRIDEIC - 1654 (h) - km# 189.2 error: FRIDERC - 1655 (h) - Km# 189.2 - G.REX | Value as II/SKIL/DANS - |
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Frederik III inherited a kingdom financially gutted by the Torstenson War and the subsequent Treaty of Roskilde negotiations, and his billon skilling issues of the early 1650s reflect a mint system under sustained pressure. The shield type sequence — running through at least three die configurations across a short window — suggests the Copenhagen mint was adjusting working dies more frequently than was typical for the denomination, likely a consequence of high-volume striking on debased flans that accelerated die wear.
The .281 fineness puts this squarely in territory where silver content was almost incidental to face value — a monetary compromise that would deepen through the decade.