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2 Skilling Dansk - Frederik III Shield type IV
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1657-1664 |
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| Value | 2 Skilling (1⁄48) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination expressed as 'II SKILLING DANSK' is inscribed in four lines within a beaded inner circle, with the text broken across the lines as found in various die varieties (e.g. SKILI / NG DA / NSK). A circular Latin legend surrounds the beaded border, incorporating the remainder of the royal titulature, the date, and the mintmaster's mark at the end of the legend. |
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Frederik III issued these small billon skillings against the backdrop of the most catastrophic war in Danish history — the Second Northern War, during which Sweden occupied the Jutland peninsula and Danish forces were pushed to the brink of collapse before the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658 stripped Denmark of its remaining Scandinavian territories. State finances were in ruins. The Crown's ability to maintain even a billon coinage at consistent fineness was under persistent pressure throughout this period.
The Shield type IV designation distinguishes this from earlier variants within the same reign — a series of incremental design adjustments common to emergency-period minting when dies were cut and recut under duress.